Floods in India and Bangladesh have submerged more than a million homes

Floods in India and Bangladesh have hit one of the most populated areas in the world.Torrential rains caused the many large rivers in the area to overflow.There is already talk of 3 million people affected.

Two years after the colossal ones floods in Pakistan, which in 2022 submerged half the national territory, the monsoon rains have returned to vehemently hit the Indian subcontinent.On average, the summer monsoon dumps 70-80 percent of the annual rainfall on southern Asia, putting pressure on the territory and often causing landslides, mudslides or floods.This time the rainfall mainly affected India and Bangladesh and, although there was no damage in the more densely populated areas close to the large cities, the impact on the population was very high according to what was reported by the local authorities.The death toll remains, for now, limited - only nine confirmed people - but the disastrous consequences of the floods in India and Bangladesh have affected around 3 million people, many of which reside not far from the region's major rivers.

The damage in the state of Assam and the failure of the hydroelectric power plant

In India, the rains especially damaged the state of Assam, located in the western end of the country and bordering Bangladesh.Indian state officials reported that eight people died in the hours.This area has been affected by rain since mid-May, so much so that the overall death toll ascertained by the authorities with these latest cases has risen to 46 people.The force of the water carried entire villages with it, submerging at least 2,800 of them.Estimates are that 1.6 million people were directly affected by the flood.

Damage also occurred in Arunachal Pradesh, a northwestern state bordered from north to south by the Brahmaputra river.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma he stated that the current situation in the state is due to the rain that fell in Arunachal Pradesh.Sarma added that the flooding of the Subansiri, a tributary of the Brahmaputra about 518 kilometers long, has exceeded the level of ten years ago.The situation worsened after a look at the national hydroelectric plant released 409 cubic tons of water into the river already swollen by rainfall, which endangered the lives of 21 villages and 11 thousand people.

In Bangladesh there is an emergency for an area of ​​190 square kilometers

The monsoons also hit the northern part of Bangladesh, blocking entire villages and submerging the crops on which much of the economy in these areas depends.The cities most affected so far have undoubtedly been Sylhet and the neighbor Sunamganj, where the population found themselves fighting with water up to their chests to save basic necessities from their now submerged homes.This is the second time a similar phenomenon has occurred in this area in less than a month, according to the state news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.

Rescue teams quantified the death toll in Sylhet at 964,000 people, while another 792,000 in Sunamganj.More than 6,000 shelters to help displaced people.There are among them 772,000 children who are in urgent need of assistance, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Friday (Unicef).Floods in India and Bangladesh have inundated more than 800 schools and another 500 have been converted into shelters, the agency said.