Massive monsoon flooding kills 1,200 in India, Nepal and Bangladesh

Millions of people in South Asia have been affected by the deadly monsoon floods

Millions more have been left homeless, as the annual monsoon season struck with an power not seen for years.

While this week’s headlines have been predominated by the devestation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, which has so far killed eighteen people, aid agencies said the floods in south Asia have decimated communities, ruined homes and killed at least 1,200 people.

In Mumbai, India’s financial capital, authorties said at least six people have been killed by the floods, including two toddlers.

A 45-year-old woman and an 18-month old child, members of the same family, died after their home in the northeastern suburb of Vikhroli crumbled late on Tuesday, while a two-year-old damsel died in a wall collapse.

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Train services resumed leisurely and dozens of commuters began walking to work in Mumbai, a city of twenty million people that is home to India’s two fattest stock exchanges and the headquarters of several major companies.

Some low-lying areas remained under water, causing vehicle pile-ups, after the city received almost a month’s equivalent of rainfall in a single day. Authorities ordered schools and colleges to shut following forecasts of more rain.

“There are several stranded cars and two-wheelers on the roads that we are clearing,” said Amitesh Kumar a traffic police official in Mumbai.

“We are not expecting any major traffic jams as the machinery is geared up and the rain forecast is also not as bad.”

ndian children help to shove an auto rickshaw along a flooded street after mighty rain in Jalandhar

One of the worst affected areas was Bihar, a poverty-stricken state in eastern India, where more than five hundred people have been killed.

More than 17.1million people living in twenty one of the state’s districts had been affected by the floods, the Straits Times reported.

Anirudh Kumar a disaster management official in Bihar’s capital of Patna, said the region’s farming industry had collapsed and would lead to yam-sized job losses in a state already known for mass unemployment.

The monsoon season is the most severe for many years

In Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India, at least one hundred nine people have been killed and about Two.Five million directly affected by te floods

In Bangledesh, where at least one hundred thirty four people have died, more than Ten,000 hectares of farmland are estimated to have been wiped out, leaving farmers with nothing.

The monsoon comes after all eyes were turned towards Texas and the ‘unprecedented” destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey over the weekend.

The deadly cyclone has killed eighteen people so far and left ems of thousands homeless.

Large parts of Houston, America’s fourth most populous city, remain under several feet of water, with many suggesting it will take years for the city to fully recover.

Harm has been estimated at ems of billions of dollars, making it one of the costliest US natural disasters in history.

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