Already 1,300 dead in South Asia due to the monsoon and floods

Almost 1,300 people have already died in South Asia from floods and landslides caused by the annual monsoon. This season is crucial for the life and agriculture of the subcontinent, but each year causes significant damage and kills hundreds.

In India, torrential rains killed 847 people, according to the Interior Ministry. In Bangladesh, the toll currently stands at 226 people. In Nepal, authorities counted 218 dead and 69 people still missing after landslides.

Flood victims take to social media as rains cause chaos in India's Gurugram https://t.co/CjkGEVZJAo

Tens of thousands of homeless people

In Jaipur, 200 km south of Delhi (India), the curators of the Albert Hall museum had to break the window of a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy on Friday to save it from the waters that flooded the room. “The employees broke the glass in the window and took out the mummy,” said a senior official. “The sarcophagus got a little wet but we put it out to dry. "

2,400-yr-old mummy in India relocated amid floods https://t.co/D8TqQNWOLg

In Bangladesh, water has covered up to 40% of the territory. These are, in duration, "the second worst floods in the history of the country," said the director of the flood forecasting and warning center. More than six million residents have seen their homes damaged and tens of thousands of people are still accommodated in shelters set up by the authorities or in makeshift huts high up.

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