Heavy rains kill at least 57 in floods in parts of Bangladesh and India
Comprehensive Agence France-Presse, Al Jazeera reported on May 21 that heavy rains hit parts of Bangladesh and India, flooding, millions of people were trapped, and at least 57 people died.
Bangladesh is experiencing its worst flooding in nearly 20 years, with some 2 million people trapped in the northeast of the country.
Sylhet region chief executive Musharraf Hussain said at least 100 villages had been inundated by floodwaters from northeastern India that had breached a major embankment of the Barak River and at least 10 people had been injured this week. flood death.
Floods, landslides and thunderstorms in India this week have killed at least 47 people, according to the country's disaster management department.