Forgotten world: Floods and landslides kill 1,200 in South Asia

While Houston floods capture the world's attention, monsoons in South Asia are destroying villages, farms and lives

Flood victims in Malda, West Bengal
Flood victims in Malda, West Bengal
(Image credit: Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

A catastrophe is unfolding in South Asia where the monsoon season has brought floods, landslides and more than 1,200 deaths in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

While Hurricane Harvey in Texas has inspired 24-hour news coverage, there have been few reports of the heavier-than-normal rain that is affecting at least 41 million people in South Asia, according to UN estimates.

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