More than 7 million people in Bangladesh are in desperate need of shelter and emergency relief after what one aid agency has described as the worst flooding to hit South Asia in living memory
Hundreds of thousands of homes near the Bangladesh-India border are underwater, and in the worst-hit areas whole neighborhoods have been submerged, aid agencies said Tuesday.At least 207 people in both countries have died since the floods began in April, according to official figures.
"We have never seen this sort of flooding in our living memories in that region," said Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Secretary General Kazi Shofiqul Azam.Bangladesh has about 700 rivers, making it particularly vulnerable to flooding during extreme weather events. The IFRC estimated the total number of people in Bangladesh in need of aid at 7.2 million.
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