AFTER DEADLY FLOODING IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA, MILLIONS AWAIT RELIEF.:
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Officials in Bangladesh and northeastern India hurried on Monday to help more than nine million people stranded after the biggest rains in years killed at least 54 people in both countries, officials said.
Monsoon rains in Bangladesh's low-lying areas have caused catastrophic flooding in the northeastern Sylhet administrative division, stranding a quarter of the country's 15 million people in fast-rising waters and swollen rivers.
"In the Sylhet region, the flooding is the worst in 122 years," Atiqul Haque, Director General of Bangladesh's Department of Disaster Management, said.
Waters streaming down from the surrounding hills of India's Meghalaya state have exacerbated the situation in Sylhet, including some of the world's wettest regions like Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, which both received more than 970mm (38 inches) of rain on Sunday, according to government data.
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Around 300,000 people have been relocated to Sylhet shelters, but more than four million people remain stuck near their flooded houses, making it much more difficult for authorities to give help, such as drinking water and medical supplies.
"The situation is still frightening," Sylhet division head administrator Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain told Reuters by phone.
"We're stepping up our efforts to provide humanitarian supplies. The biggest problem at the moment is reaching everyone and assuring the availability of drinking water."
Flood waters had flooded the ground floor of Khalilur Rahman's two-story house in Sylhet's Sunamganj district, he claimed, and inhabitants were using boats to get around.
"I have never seen such floods in my life," Rahman, 43, told Reuters over the phone, adding that the area had been without power since Thursday night's torrential rains. "Dry food is running out, and there's no water to drink."
Flood levels have begun to recede in the neighbouring Indian state of Assam, where at least 26 people have been killed since heavy rains began approximately a fortnight ago, authorities said.
However, 4.5 million people have been displaced from their homes, with roughly 220,000 residing in government-run emergency shelters. Flooding has swamped over a million hectares of cropland.
"The overall flood situation is improving," Pijush Hazarika, Assam's Water Resources Minister, told Reuters.
"Right now, the most difficult task is reaching out to the displaced individuals and providing them with humanitarian supplies."
Extreme weather has become increasingly common in South Asia in recent years, causing widespread damage, and environmentalists warn that climate change could lead to additional disasters, particularly in densely populated Bangladesh.
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