Over 200 dead in India, Bangladesh and Nepal floods

At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across the South Asian countries of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Rescuers are currently scouring submerged villages searching for the missing. Janardan Sharma, Nepal’s home minister, told parliament on Tuesday that 111 have been killed and 35 are still […]

At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across the South Asian countries of India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Rescuers are currently scouring submerged villages searching for the missing.

Janardan Sharma, Nepal’s home minister, told parliament on Tuesday that 111 have been killed and 35 are still missing in the country, which has seen nearly 20 percent of the population affected by severe flooding.

A third of neighbouring Bangladesh is also under water, with at least 29 people dead.

“Another 1.5 million people have been marooned,” Reaz Ahmed, head of Bangladesh’s disaster management department, told AFP news agency.

At least 81 people have died in the eastern states of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam in India over the last few days, a government official said yesterday.