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Almost No One Is Talking About Floods In South Asia That Killed 1200 People (WARNING: Photos Are Horrifying)
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.
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A Nepali Man Carries His Goat On His Shoulder As He Moves To Safer Ground At Topa Village In Saptari District
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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
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A Boy Uses A Banana Raft To Transport His Books In Jakhalabandha Area In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
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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
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Indian One-horned Rhinoceroses Wade Through Flood Waters At The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary In Assam
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Rescuers Recover Carcasses Of More Than 225 Animals After Floods Ravage Kaziranga Wildlife Reserve
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People Wait In A Line To Collect Drinking Water From A Municipal Tanker At A Flooded Residential Colony In Ahmedabad, India
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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
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An Indian Woman Holds A Goat While Sitting On A Makeshift Raft In Koliabor Village In Assam
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A Nepali Man Tries To Cross Flood Water At Topa Village In Saptari District
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Cattle Graze As A Woman Walks On Higher Ground In Saptari District, Nepal
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Indians Wade Through A Flooded Street During Heavy Rain Showers In Mumbai
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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
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A Man Walks Through A Flooded Street During A Heavy Downpour In The Northeastern Indian State Of Tripura
#19
An Indian Woman Stands Outside Her Damaged House In Runi Village In Gujarat
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A Boy Rows A Makeshift Raft As He Transports A Woman And A Cooking Gas Cylinder Through The Flood Waters In Assam, India
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A Mahout Bathes His Elephant Inside The Flooded Kaziranga National Park In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
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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
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Flood Victims Wait For Relief Supplies In A Village East Of Gauhati In The Northeastern Indian State Of Assam
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An Indian Villager Walks Along A Submerged Railway Track In The Flood-affected Jakhalabandha Area In Koliabor
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The Flooded Apron Of Biratnagar Airport After Heavy Rains, 240km From Nepal’s Capital Kathmandu
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Flood-Affected People Sleeping By A Highway Toll Plaza In The Indian State Of Bihar
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A Child Eats At A Makeshift Flood Shelter In Gaur, About 200 Km South Of Kathmandu, The Nepali Capital
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A Flood Victim Takes Refuge Inside A Temporary Shelter After Camping At A Safe Location In Saptari District, Nepal
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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
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A Man Rides His Motorbike Through A Water-logged Road During Rains In Mumbai
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A Baby Suffering From Dehydration Cries After Being Rescued From A Flooded Village In The Eastern State Of Bihar, India
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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
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Villagers Offer Prayers For The Floodwaters To Recede, In Chandrapur Village, East Of Gauhati, Assam
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A Man Casts His Fishing Net In The Flood Waters Next To His Partially Submerged Hut In The Northeastern Indian State Of Assam
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Indian Villagers Queue For Food At The Flood-Hit Dagrua Village In Bihar State
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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
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Villagers Take Shelter In A Partially Submerged House Following Floods At Baghmari Village In Nagaon District, In The Northeastern State Of Assam, India
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A Man Rests In His House Damaged By Flooding Some 250 Kilometers From Nepal's Capital Kathmandu
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Bangladesh Has Experienced Heavy Monsoon Rains This Year, Flooding More Than A Third Of The Low-lying Areas And Killing At Least 134 People
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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
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Indian Flood Effected Villagers Collect Drinking Water And Relief Food At Alal Village In Malda District In The Indian State Of West Bengal
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Kashmiri Muslim Man Carry Edible Stuff To His Family In Flooded Area In Srinagar Indian Controlled Kashmir
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htbq 7 years ago
wow! this is worst than Texas. Need to up vote this to spread the word! prayers go out to India...
Nancy E 7 years ago
Thank you for posting these devastating photos. The people, like myself, in the USA ,are often ethnocentric . We need to open our eyes more to other countries.
htbq 7 years ago
wow! this is worst than Texas. Need to up vote this to spread the word! prayers go out to India...
Nancy E 7 years ago
Thank you for posting these devastating photos. The people, like myself, in the USA ,are often ethnocentric . We need to open our eyes more to other countries.
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