Vast areas in eastern India, Bangladesh and southern China have witnessed massive floods, mudslides and severe storms that have killed and displaced millions, while Spain is still battling forest fires as a result of the unprecedented heat wave it is experiencing, along with France and other European countries.

India and Bangladesh

In India, the death toll from floods and landslides in the state of "Assam" in northeastern India rose to 62, while more than 3 million people were affected yesterday, Saturday, according to what the Indian authorities announced today.

The Indian authorities added that the monsoon rains led to widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding about 6 million people, and warned that the situation could worsen.

The Assam Emergency Management Authority - which has witnessed heavy rains and floods for 6 days - said in a statement that 8 people died in the last 24 hours due to floods and landslides, and that more than 156,300 people took refuge in 512 relief camps.

Residents evacuate their homes after flooding caused by heavy rains in Nalbari district of Assam state (Anatolia)

China

In China, severe storms swept large areas of the south of the country, causing floods in cities and mudslides in rural areas, with the first wave of summer rains reaching their peak.

Streets turned into rivers and cars and one-story homes washed away in at least two counties in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Saturday, according to videos circulating on Chinese social media.

Yesterday, state media reported that five villagers died in the neighboring Guangxi Autonomous Region when a wooden house collapsed after it was hit by heavy rain.

The rainfall in some areas was the heaviest in 60 years, and there were reports of mudslides and road collapses.

The Meteorological Authority said that rain is expected to continue until early next week.

Early summer storms have been more intense and longer-lasting than usual this year in China, with rainfall in Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian reaching the highest levels since 1961, according to local meteorological bureaus, due to deforestation, wetland reclamation and water storage for power generation and irrigation as well as due to Climate change.

Guangxi region witnessed thunderstorms and heavy rain, which caused the death of at least 5 villagers (Anatolia)

Spain

And in Europe, firefighting teams in Spain continued - yesterday, Saturday, on the last day of the heat wave - fighting several fires, amid drought and winds, while a heat wave raised temperatures to 43 degrees Celsius.

The two regions of Samoura, near the borders with Portugal and Catalonia, were in the east;

Among the areas most affected by forest fires, while there were no reports of deaths or injuries.

According to the regional government of Castile and Leon - where Samora is located - the largest of these fires broke out in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range in the northwest of the country near the border with Portugal.

Eleven municipalities with hundreds of residents were evacuated due to the threat of fire, which also led to the closure of the national road and the express train line between Madrid and Galicia in the northwest of the country.

Spanish firefighting teams are continuing to fight several fires in Catalonia and the northern region of Navarra.

Firefighters are still battling fires in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain region in Samoura, on the border with Portugal (Reuters)

France

In France, the red and orange alert reached about 3 quarters of the country's population, or 45 million people.

However, local rain is expected on the country's Atlantic front, which may constitute a prelude to a decrease in temperatures on Sunday evening, which will allow "the heat wave to gradually diminish, and continue only in the east of the country," according to the Meteorological Department.

On Saturday evening, strong and unexpected winds blew up the Normandy coast;

Which led to the death of a surfer.

While temperatures are declining in the west of the country, the heat continues in northeastern France, especially the Alsace region, where meteorologists expect a record 38 degrees Celsius.

The southwest of the country witnessed a rise in temperature yesterday, with recording "42 to 43 degrees Celsius" in the Sud-Aquitaine region, according to the French Meteorological Service.

Scientists believe that the proliferation of heat waves in Europe is a direct result of climate warming;

Greenhouse gas emissions exacerbate the strength, duration, and frequency of recurrent heat waves.