While all eyes are on Harvey, more than 1,000 people have died in South Asia's floodsA child reacts to the camera while sitting on his father's back as they make their way in a flooded area in Bogra, Bangladesh, on Aug. 20. More than eight million people in the country are affected by this summer's monsoon season floods. Half of the country is flooded by waters from the Jamuna River during a particularly brutal South Asian monsoon season. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)In Bangladesh, Marek said, the waters are starting to recede. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)As he and his colleagues work in South Asia to assist people affected by the monsoon floods, Marek is also watching the news back home.

Source: CBC News August 30, 2017 20:08 UTC