Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said on Saturday.
Vehicles and Rickshaws try driving with passengers through the waterlogged streets of Dhaka after heavy rainfalls.Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded.
Relentless downpours over the past week have inundated vast stretches of Bangladesh's northeast, with troops deployed to evacuate households cut off from neighbouring communities. Asma Akter, another woman rescued from the rising waters, said her family had not been able to eat for two days.The water rose so quickly we couldn't bring any of our things. And how can you cook anything when everything is underwater?
Another four people died when landslides hit their hillside homes in the port city of Chittagong, police inspector Nurul Islam told AFP. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters he had instructed district officials to provide"all necessary help and relief" to those caught in the flooding.Flooding in Bangladesh worsened on Saturday morning after a temporary reprieve from the rains the previous afternoon, Sylhet region chief government administrator Mosharraf Hossain told AFP.
Around the regional capital, residents waded through waist-deep water along roads next to partially submerged stuck vehicles.
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