South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

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South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Categories: Asia | Catastrophes

While 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.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

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.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

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.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Cathal Mcnaughton / Reuters Report A flooded village in Bihar, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Arindam Dey / AFP / Getty Images Report Tripura State, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

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.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Amit Dave / Reuters People stand in line for drinking water, Ahmedabad, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Punit Paranjpe Mumbai, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Cathal McNaughton Motihari City, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Narendra Shrestha / EPA Saptari District, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Manish Paudel / AP Birganj City, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Rescuers collect the corpses of animals after the flood overtook the Kaziranga Nature Reserve. More than 225 animals died.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: A.M. Ahad / AP Report Dhaka, Bangladesh.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Navesh Chitrakar Saptari District, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

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.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Anuwar Hazarika Nagaon District, Assam State, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Anuwar Hazarika Mahout (elephant driver) bathes his elephant on the territory of the flooded Kaziranga Reserve.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images Rhinos swim on the territory of the Pobitora Nature Reserve, Assam, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images Koliabor Village, Assam, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui / AP Bihar, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP / Getty Images Dhaka, Bangladesh.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Biju BOR/ AFP Jaikhalabandha, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters Janakpur City, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Anupam Nath / AP Assam, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Niranjan Shrestha / AP Flooded School, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Hindustan Times Mumbai, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Prakash Mathema Tilati, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Biratnagar Airport, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Navesh Chitrakar Saptari, Nepal.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Ajit Solanki / AP Rani Village, Gujarat, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Shailesh Andrade Mumbai, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Diptendu Dutta Malda, West Bengal, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Anupam Nath / AP Guwahati, Assam, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters Assam, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Punit Paranjpe Mumbai, India.

South Asia has the worst flooding in a decade, but no one is talking about it

Photo: Cathal McNaughton Motihari City, India.

Keywords: 18+ | Bangladesh | Victims | India | Heavy rains | Monsoon | Flood | Nepal

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