Saving the last of their belongings: this woman from a village in India's northeastern state of Assam cannot save much from the floods. In the state of Bihar, the heavy rain has also damaged hundreds of hectares of crop land and thousands of fruit trees. In north-eastern Bangladesh, the worst flooding in almost 20 years has cut off two million people from the outside world

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Heavy rains and storms are causing huge floods and high water in both countries. Tens of thousands of people have had to leave their homes so far. More...

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