Persistent heavy rains this week have caused widespread disruption across South Asia. Authorities had already announced a death toll for Saturday of at least 17 people in heavy rains in the northeastern state of Assam. About 300 people have died from lightning in Bangladesh so far this year. Lightning also killed 15 people in Bangladesh in the past two days, disaster management officials in Dhaka said on Sunday, adding to a death toll of 17 in flooding on Saturday. Most of the 32 who died in Odisha were farm laborers killed in a series of lightning strikes.

Source: Thanhnien News July 31, 2016 12:00 UTC