South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it
Categories: Asia | Catastrophes
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/south-asia-has-the-worst-flooding-in-a-decade-but-no-one-is-talking-about-it.htmlWhile tropical Hurricane Harvey dominates the front pages of the world's leading publications, Texas is still not the only place on earth that is being destroyed and devastated by floods. The international media somehow all together ignore the torrential rains that have hit the countries of South Asia. Despite the fact that the disaster has been going on for almost a month.
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The most powerful monsoon rains have been hitting Nepal, Bangladesh and India for several weeks. International rescue organizations and first aid associations call the disaster the worst flood in the last decade.
Photo: Manish Paudel / AFP / Getty Images Parsa District, Nepal.
Floods and landslides killed 1,200 people in three countries, and millions had to leave their homes. Torrential monsoon rains have destroyed tens of thousands of homes, schools and hospitals, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Photo: Narendra Shrestha / EPA Saptari District, Nepal.
In the flooded areas, problems with the supply of food and water, water-borne diseases are already beginning, and thousands of hectares of farms have simply been washed off the face of the earth. Carrying out restoration work is almost impossible due to the incessant downpours.
Photo: Cathal Mcnaughton / Reuters Report A flooded village in Bihar, India.
Photo: Arindam Dey / AFP / Getty Images Report Tripura State, India.
Photo: Narendra Shrestha / EPA / REX / Shutterstock A man buries his nephew in a river, Nepal, as the family could not find dry land to bury the child.
Photo: Amit Dave / Reuters People stand in line for drinking water, Ahmedabad, India.
Photo: Punit Paranjpe Mumbai, India.
Photo: Cathal McNaughton Motihari City, India.
Photo: Narendra Shrestha / EPA Saptari District, Nepal.
Photo: Manish Paudel / AP Birganj City, Nepal.
Rescuers collect the corpses of animals after the flood overtook the Kaziranga Nature Reserve. More than 225 animals died.
Photo: A.M. Ahad / AP Report Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Photo: Navesh Chitrakar Saptari District, Nepal.
Photo: Suvra Kanti Das/ZUMA/REX Shutterstock Children walk through a flooded field, Bangladesh. Due to flooding and toxic waste from industrial enterprises, the water has turned green.
Photo: Anuwar Hazarika Nagaon District, Assam State, India.
Photo: Anuwar Hazarika Mahout (elephant driver) bathes his elephant on the territory of the flooded Kaziranga Reserve.
Photo: Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images Rhinos swim on the territory of the Pobitora Nature Reserve, Assam, India.
Photo: Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images Koliabor Village, Assam, India.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui / AP Bihar, India.
Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP / Getty Images Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Photo: Biju BOR/ AFP Jaikhalabandha, India.
Photo: Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters Janakpur City, Nepal.
Photo: Anupam Nath / AP Assam, India.
Photo: Niranjan Shrestha / AP Flooded School, Nepal.
Photo: Hindustan Times Mumbai, India.
Photo: Prakash Mathema Tilati, Nepal.
Biratnagar Airport, Nepal.
Photo: Navesh Chitrakar Saptari, Nepal.
Photo: Ajit Solanki / AP Rani Village, Gujarat, India.
Photo: Shailesh Andrade Mumbai, India.
Photo: Diptendu Dutta Malda, West Bengal, India.
Photo: Anupam Nath / AP Guwahati, Assam, India.
Photo: Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters Assam, India.
Photo: Punit Paranjpe Mumbai, India.
Photo: Cathal McNaughton Motihari City, India.
Keywords: 18+ | Bangladesh | Victims | India | Heavy rains | Monsoon | Flood | Nepal
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