Floods destroy homes and threaten lives in India, Bangladesh
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A rickshaw driver ferries a passenger past a flooded street after continuous rainfall in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 15.2/19
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A man carries his children to safer grounds from flood-surrounded Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20. The National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Army have evacuated thousands of people in the last week from the roofs of their houses with inflatable boats. They fear some people are still missing.3/19
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A woman with children rows a raft made from banana trees toward a safer area from the flooded village of Tarabari, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20.4/19
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Villagers construct temporary shelter at a safer ground after leaving their flooded village of Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20. With rising global temperatures due to climate change, experts say the monsoon is becoming more variable, meaning that much of the rain that would typically fall in a season is arriving in a shorter period of time.5/19
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An Indian army soldier rescues a flood-affected child from Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20.6/19
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People look out from the window of their flooded house in Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20.7/19
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A cow takes shelter at a higher ground near flooded Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20. Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies.8/19
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A flood-affected woman sits in a temporary shelter on a safer ground after leaving a flooded Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20. Nearly a quarter-million people are now living in emergency relief camps in Assam, and many others have constructed their own temporary shelters and cobbled together basic rafts to escape areas cut off by the floods.9/19
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A man holds a candle and prepares to eat a meal inside his house inundated by floodwaters after continuous rainfall in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 15.10/19
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A girl spreads her school books out to dry after reaching safer grounds from flooded Tarabari village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20.11/19
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A woman hangs clothes to dry outside her flooded house after continuous rainfall in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 15.12/19
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Flood-affected people move towards safer grounds from marooned Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20.13/19
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A house stands surrounded by floodwaters in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20.14/19
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A flood-affected girl walks with relief material at Companygonj in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20, 2022. Monsoon rains in South Asia typically begin in June. But this year heavy downpours lashed northeastern India and Bangladesh as early as March, triggering floods as early as April in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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Flood-affected people take shelter in a makeshift relief centre at Companygonj in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20.16/19
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A man walks through flood waters in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20.17/19
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Flood-affected people take shelter in a relief center at Companygonj in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20.18/19
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Flood-affected people take shelter in a relief centre at Companygonj in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20.19/19
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Flood-affected people receive relief material at Companygonj in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20. Villagers waded, swam and paddled makeshift rafts or small skiffs to a boat delivering aid that had moored to one shelter, its ground floor covered half way to the ceiling with water.
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