South Asia floods
Heavy monsoon rains have caused massive flooding in the Riverine region of South Asia, causing devastation in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The IFRC has launched appeals to help support those affected by this disaster.
Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains have devastated parts of Bangladesh, India and Nepal. In Bangladesh, the floods – the fourth significant floods this year – have affected over 7.4 million people, while in Nepal landslides have killed over 100 people and damaged 62,000 homes.
In response the IFRC – working with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and the Nepal Red Cross – have launched appeals to support almost 200,000 vulnerable people with immediate relief and long-term help in water and sanitation, health and shelter.
62,500
People receiving support in water, sanitation and hygiene promotion.
43,000
People receiving shelter and repair assistance.
65,000
People will receive non-food items such as blankets, utilities and buckets.
60,000
People will supported on cash transfer programmes.
Extremely heavy rains in mid-July caused severe flooding in the Indian states of Assam and Bihar. The floods affected more than 14 million people, displaced over a million and destroyed a vast amount of farmland. Whole houses were submerged and entire villages were cut off.
Fatema Begum is all smiles after receiving medicine and advice on treating her sick baby, but before today it was a different story. “We were living in a very horrible situation and suffering with no one to look after us,” the mother of four says. “Until now no one has come to help us.”
Juusman Tharu, 50, and her family have spent the last week clearing the mud and debris from their house in western Nepal. Her husband has now started to repair the damage, using all the materials he can gather together. But all is far from well.
For Sushama Khatiwada, saving lives and helping people as part of the Nepal Red Cross Society is a family affair.
“This is the first time in my life that I have seen a flood like this,” he says. “I wasn’t aware when the flood arrived. It came late at night. We had to quickly leave the house with our eight children.”
Appeals
Press releases on the crises
Hundreds of thousands of flood-affected people across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan are struggling to survive in the aftermath of the worst flooding to hit the region in decades.
Fears are rising for hundreds of villages stranded by flood waters in large areas of Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding across large areas in South Asia, with more than 16 million people affected by monsoon floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and India.
Mapping the crisis
Bangladesh
- 32 districts flooded
- 132 people reported dead
- 297,254 people displaced
- 7.4 million affected
IFRC Appeal: 4,712,033 Swiss francs to support 100,000 with immediate humanitarian relief.
Nepal
- 31 districts flooded
- 128 people reported dead
- 438,060 people displaced
- 1.5 million affected
IFRC appeal: 3,531,819 Swiss francs to support 81,000 people in desperate need.
