Food, water concerns as floods continue to batter South Asia

Floods wreaking havoc in South Asia have hindered authorities’ efforts to deliver food and drinking water to shelters in India and Bangladesh.

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Floods wreaking havoc in South Asia have hindered authorities’ efforts to deliver food and drinking water to shelters across Assam in northeastern India and north and northeastern regions of Bangladesh.

More than a dozen people died across Bangladesh since the monsoon began last week, authorities said. The government called in soldiers Friday to help evacuate people, and Ekattor TV station said millions remained without electricity.

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Enamur Rahman, junior minister for disaster and relief, said that up to 100,000 people have been evacuated in the worst-hit Sunamganj and Sylhet districts, and about 4 million people have been marooned in the area, the United News of Bangladesh agency said.

Flooding also continued to ravage India’s northeastern Assam where two police officers engaged in rescue operations were washed away by floodwaters Sunday, according to an official at the police control room in the state capital, Gauhati.

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