South Asia monsoon rains, floods claim 180 lives | The Malaysian Insight

A flood-affected man moving his belongings in a banana raft to a makeshift camp in Morigaon district of Assam, India. At least 50 people died in flood-related incidents in India as around three million people are affected across eastern India, especially in the states of Assam and Bihar. – EPA pic, July 17, 2019.

SURVIVORS scrambled for higher ground as torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia yesterday, with millions of people affected and at least 180 dead, officials said. The monsoon is crucial for irrigation and groundwater supplies in the impoverished region – home to a fifth of the world’s population – and brings relief after the unforgiving summer.

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