Thousands die in floods in Africa and Asia as climate change worsens
With the media focus on the chaos wrought by Hurricane Harvey in the US, floods have killed many more people in Africa and Asia this year, as climate change worsens extreme weather worldwide.
More than 1,200 people were killed in India, Bangladesh and Nepal with some 40 million more affected by the floods.
The worst floods in a decade struck Nepal killing 150 people and destroying 90,000 homes. Monsoon floods submerged more than a third of low-lying, densely populated Bangladesh, causing more than 130 deaths and widespread crop damage.
In India’s eastern state of Bihar, 17.1 million have been affected according to disaster management officials while in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, about 2.5 million have been affected.
Howard Lake