[DIPECHO Network] South Asia Flood Death Toll Tops 2,700

[Santosh Nepal]

<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?id=19&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=4636c3ffefa0e3b5051c78ad1e552741>South 
Asia Flood Death Toll Tops 2,700
Source: Forbes.com

The death toll from floods triggered by heavy rains and snow melt in South 
Asia topped 2,700 Sunday as some rivers in India continued to overflow and 
delay aid efforts, officials said.

In the eastern Indian state of Bihar -- one of the worst hit -- the Ganges 
and other rivers surged above the danger mark, a government statement said, 
adding that efforts to bring food and drinking water aid had been affected.

More than 1,900 people have died nationwide in India from the annual 
monsoon rain floods since June and millions have been displaced, the 
statement said.

In neighbouring Bangladesh, where millions have also been hit by flooded 
fields, towns and cities, authorities put the toll at 680.

Another 117 people have died in Nepal where aid officials say 350,000 
people were displaced in the southern low-land areas of the nation, 
according to the country's home ministry.

Heavy monsoon rains and snow melt peaked in late July and early August in 
South Asia, with losses estimated at nearly one billion dollars and major 
outbreaks of water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea widely reported.

With regards,
Santosh


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Water, Hazards and Environmental Management
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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