INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The death toll from floods in Bangladesh this week has risen to eight, leaving more than two million affected after heavy rains caused major
rivers to burst their banks, officials have confirmed.The south Asian country of 170 million people, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, has
experienced more frequent floods in recent decades.The climate crisis has caused rainfall to become more erratic and melted glaciers
upstream in the Himalayan mountains.Two teenage boys were killed when a boat capsized in flood waters in Shahjadur, the northern rural
Two boys did not know how to swim
incidents after their boats became entangled with live electricity wires in flood water.Another three died in separate flood-related
incidents around the country, officials said earlier this week.The government said it had opened hundreds of shelters for people displaced
flowing above danger levels in some areas.In the worst-hit Kurigram district, eight out of nine rural towns have been marooned by flood
But this year the water was very high
inundated more than 80% of homes in my area
We are trying to deliver food, especially rice and edible oil
rainfall, as well as regular deaths and destruction due to flooding and landslides.The rainfall is difficult to forecast and varies
considerably, but scientists say climate change is making the monsoon stronger and more erratic.
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.comnbsp;
