Intense Flooding Kills 800 People in South Asia, Displaces a Million More

One-third of Bangladesh, for example, is submerged under floodwaters, and more than 45,000 homes in the country have been destroyed. “This is not normal,” Reaz Ahmed, the director-general of the country’s Department of Disaster Management, told CNN. “Floods this year were bigger and more intense than previous years.”, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, a humanitarian group, said the flooding in Bangladesh is the worst the country has ever seen. http://e360.yale.edu/digest/intense-flooding-kills-800-people-in-south-asia-displaces-a-million-more