Though the carnage of Hurricane Harvey is currently dominating mainstream media, Texas isn’t the only part of the world being ravaged by flooding. International news coverage has largely ignored the torrential rainfall that has been devastating South Asia for almost the entire month of August, and it’s time for us all to start talking about it.
Across India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, record amounts of heavy monsoon rains have caused disastrous flooding and landslides. Thousands of homes have become completely submerged, poor villages have absolutely no access to food and medicine, and nearly 1200 people have died – including children. Millions have been displaced, and are now wandering the region homeless and searching for help.
In case your local news station hasn’t been reporting on it, here are 30+ photos from the scene that you won’t soon forget. The GlobalGiving Foundation is working with a number of charities and aid organisations to provide relief to the many groups affected by these events, and you can learn more about it here.
#1 A Nepali Man Carries His Goat On His Shoulder As He Moves To Safer Ground At Topa Village In Saptari District
Image source: Narendra Shrestha / EPA
#2 A Man Floats His Dead Nephew Away In The Koshi River Outside A Village In Nepal, After The Family Could Not Find Any Dry Land To Bury The Child
Image source: Narendra Shrestha / EPA / REX / Shutterstock
#3 A Boy Uses A Banana Raft To Transport His Books In Jakhalabandha Area In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika
#4 In Demra, Children Walk Through A Flooded Field As They Return Home From School. The Mix Of Rainwater And Toxic Waste From Industries Has Turned The Water Green
Image source: Suvra Kanti Das/ZUMA/REX Shutterstock
#5 Indian One-horned Rhinoceroses Wade Through Flood Waters At The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary In Assam
Image source: Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images
#6 A Woman Walks Through A Flooded Village In Motihari, Bihar State, India
Image source: Cathal McNaughton
#7 Rescuers Recover Carcasses Of More Than 225 Animals After Floods Ravage Kaziranga Wildlife Reserve
Image source: Uttam Saikia
#8 People Wait In A Line To Collect Drinking Water From A Municipal Tanker At A Flooded Residential Colony In Ahmedabad, India
Image source: Amit Dave / Reuters
#9 A Woman Wades Through A Flooded Village In Bihar, India
Image source: Cathal Mcnaughton / Reuters
#10 Nepalis Swim With A Rubber Ring In A Flooded Area In Parsa District
Image source: Manish Paudel / AFP / Getty Images
#11 A Child And His Father Walk Through A Flooded Area In Bogra, Bangladesh
Image source: Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters
#12 Children Raise Their Hand For Biscuit Packets, Being Distributed By Volunteers At A Hastily Constructed Camp In Assam State Where More Than A Million People Have Lost Their Homes
Image source: STR
#13 An Indian Woman Holds A Goat While Sitting On A Makeshift Raft In Koliabor Village In Assam
Image source: Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images
#14 A Nepali Man Tries To Cross Flood Water At Topa Village In Saptari District
Image source: Narendra Shrestha / EPA
#15 Cattle Graze As A Woman Walks On Higher Ground In Saptari District, Nepal
Image source: Navesh Chitrakar
#16 Indians Wade Through A Flooded Street During Heavy Rain Showers In Mumbai
Image source: Punit Paranjpe
#17 People Use A Makeshift Raft To Transport Goats As They Wade Through A Flooded Road In Jakhalabandha Area In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika
#18 A Man Walks Through A Flooded Street During A Heavy Downpour In The Northeastern Indian State Of Tripura
Image source: Arindam Dey / AFP / Getty Images
#19 An Indian Woman Stands Outside Her Damaged House In Runi Village In Gujarat
Image source: Ajit Solanki / AP
#20 A Man Tries To Cross A Flooded Street In Birgunj, Nepal
Image source: Manish Paudel / AP
#21 A Woman Looks Out From Her House In Janakpur, Nepal
Image source: Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
#22 A Bangladeshi Man Sits In His Flooded Shop After Heavy Rain In Dhaka
Image source: A.m. Ahad / AP
#23 A Boy Rows A Makeshift Raft As He Transports A Woman And A Cooking Gas Cylinder Through The Flood Waters In Assam, India
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters
#24 A Mahout Bathes His Elephant Inside The Flooded Kaziranga National Park In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika
#25 A Boy Walks Along Flood Waters In Saptari District, Nepal
Image source: Navesh Chitrakar
#26 A Man Holds An Idol Of The Hindu God Ganesh, The Deity Of Prosperity, After It Was Immersed In The Waters Of The Sabarmati River
Image source: Amit Dave
#27 A Boy Is Pictured In A Flooded Village In Motihari, Bihar State, India
Image source: Cathal McNaughton
#28 Flood Victims Wait For Relief Supplies In A Village East Of Gauhati In The Northeastern Indian State Of Assam
Image source: Anupam Nath / AP
#29 An Indian Villager Walks Along A Submerged Railway Track In The Flood-affected Jakhalabandha Area In Koliabor
Image source: Biju BOR/ AFP
#30 The Flooded Apron Of Biratnagar Airport After Heavy Rains, 240km From Nepal’s Capital Kathmandu
Image source: gettyimages.co.uk
#31 Flood-Affected People Sleeping By A Highway Toll Plaza In The Indian State Of Bihar
Image source: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
#32 Two Boys Stand On A Banana Raft In Assam, India
Image source: Anupam Nath / AP
#33 Flood-Affected Villagers Move Out In Search Of Safer Places In Bihar, India
Image source: Aftab Alam Siddiqui / AP
#34 A Child Eats At A Makeshift Flood Shelter In Gaur, About 200 Km South Of Kathmandu, The Nepali Capital
Image source: Prakash Mathema / AFP / Getty Images
#35 A Flood Victim Takes Refuge Inside A Temporary Shelter After Camping At A Safe Location In Saptari District, Nepal
Image source: Navesh Chitrakar
#36 Children Row A Boat As They Pass Through Damaged Houses At A Flood-affected Village In Morigaon District In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika
#37 A Man Rides His Motorbike Through A Water-logged Road During Rains In Mumbai
Image source: Shailesh Andrade
#38 A Baby Suffering From Dehydration Cries After Being Rescued From A Flooded Village In The Eastern State Of Bihar, India
Image source: Cathal McNaughton
#39 Flood-Affected Villagers Wait For Relief Material On What’s Left Of A Road Washed Away By Floodwaters In Morigaon District, East Of Gauhati, Northeastern State Of Assam
Image source: Anupam Nath
#40 A Nepali School Is Surrounded By Flood Waters In Saptari District
Image source: Niranjan Shrestha / AP
#41 Bangladeshi Commuters Use A Rickshaw To Cross A Flooded Street In Dhaka
Image source: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP / Getty Images
#42 Crossing Through Flood Water In Tilathi, Nepal
Image source: Prakash Mathema
#43 Villagers Offer Prayers For The Floodwaters To Recede, In Chandrapur Village, East Of Gauhati, Assam
Image source: Anupam Nath
#44 A Man Casts His Fishing Net In The Flood Waters Next To His Partially Submerged Hut In The Northeastern Indian State Of Assam
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters
#45 People Walk Along A Flooded Street In Mumbai
Image source: Punit Paranjpe
#46 Indian Villagers Queue For Food At The Flood-Hit Dagrua Village In Bihar State
Image source: Diptendu Dutta
#47 A Car Drives Past As It Rains At Andheri Subway In Mumbai, India
Image source: Hindustan Times
#48 People Are Rescued From A Flooded Village In Motihari, Bihar State, India
Image source: Cathal McNaughton
#49 Indian Residents Walk Through Flood Waters In Malda In The Indian State Of West Bengal
Image source: Diptendu Dutta
#50 Flood Affected Families Take Shelter In Front Of A Shop And Wait For Relief Material In Jakhalabandha Area In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika
#51 Villagers Take Shelter In A Partially Submerged House Following Floods At Baghmari Village In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika
#52 A Man Rests In His House Damaged By Flooding Some 250 Kilometers From Nepal’s Capital Kathmandu
Image source: Prakash Mathema
#53 Bangladesh Has Experienced Heavy Monsoon Rains This Year, Flooding More Than A Third Of The Low-lying Areas And Killing At Least 134 People
Image source: A.M. Ahad / AP
#54 Rohingya People Run To Enter Into Bangladesh From A Makeshift Shelter Near The Bangladesh-myanmar Border, After A Gunshot Was Heard On The Myanmar Side
Image source: Mohammad Ponir Hossain
#55 A Flood Victim Washes Herself In Saptari District, Nepal
Image source: Navesh Chitrakar
#56 People Wait To Be Rescued From A Flooded Village In The Eastern State Of Bihar, India
Image source: Cathal McNaughton
#57 Houses Are Partially Submerged By Floods In Morigaon District In Assam
Image source: Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters
#58 Indian Flood Effected Villagers Collect Drinking Water And Relief Food At Alal Village In Malda District In The Indian State Of West Bengal
Image source: Diptendu Dutta
#59 Kashmiri Muslim Man Carry Edible Stuff To His Family In Flooded Area In Srinagar Indian Controlled Kashmir
Image source: Pacific Press
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