Floods in Nepal, India and Bangladesh during the 2017 monsoon killed at least 800 people and destroyed food crops and homes. Flood waters in Assam rose overnight with the Brahmaputra River, which flows down from the Himalayas into Bangladesh, and its tributaries still in spate. Over 200,000 people got stranded in Satakania Upazila of Chattogram as incessant rain and water from hills raises the Sangu River water level. In southeast Nepal, water levels on the Kosi River, which flows into Bihar, had receded, an district official said. “Our analysis is that the danger is over now that the water level has come down,” Chiranjibi Giri, assistant district administrator of Sunsari district, told Reuters.

Source: bd News24 July 16, 2019 07:18 UTC