(ANSA) – GUWAHATI, June 20 – At least 26 other people have died due to monsoon floods and lightning strikes in India, while millions of people have been stranded in the country and in neighboring Bangladesh: local authorities said.
In the northeastern Indian state of Assam, three people were killed by landslides and another six died from floodwaters; in the eastern state of Bihar, lightning from storms killed at least 17 people. Assam is suffering from severe flooding, with 5,140 villages in the state’s 33 districts submerged by water. More than 100,000 villagers have been displaced. In the neighboring state of Meghalaya, at least 16 people have been killed since last Thursday due to landslides and flooding rivers that have submerged roads.
Monsoon storms in Bangladesh also triggered devastating floods that left millions stranded and killed dozens of people.
Millions of people are still stranded, said Mosharraf Hossain, chief administrator of the district: “Rescue shelters are full of affected people. There is a huge crisis of food and clean water. Many are afraid to go home and many they lost their homes to water. “
The receding water meanwhile is flooding the districts further downstream, in Habiganj and Brahmanbaria, officials said. In the Jamalpur district, an eight-year-old girl was swept away by strong currents from her flooded courtyard and was later found dead.
Floods are a regular threat in India and Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, severity and unpredictability for the two countries’ 1.6 billion people. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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