At least 27 people have died and millions of homes were left underwater after floods hit north-eastern India and Bangladesh. Read more here:
Incessant rains pummelled India for five consecutive days and saw several train services cancelled. Flood waters submerged an entire railway station in Halfong, southern Assam, and dumped mud and silt along the railway tracks.
The flooding is likely to deteriorate in the worst-hit Sunamganj and Sylhet districts in the northeastern region as well as in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Rangpur districts in northern Bangladesh, the centre said. But as human activity heats up the planet, the south Asian country is suffering hotter summers and higher rivers and more flooding during monsoons - which are also less regular.
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