Unprecedented floods for nearly twenty years in northeastern Bangladesh began to recede on Sunday, after killing around 60 people in a week in the country and in neighboring India, according to authorities.
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Rescuers dispatched to the scene were struggling to help millions of isolated people.
These floods killed at least ten people in Bangledesh and fifty in India.
In Bangladesh, floodwaters from northeast India caused a major levee on the Borak River, shared by the two countries, to burst, inundating at least 100 villages.
Arifuzzman Bhuiyan, head of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, a government body in Bangladesh, told AFP that the floods had affected some 70 percent of Sylhet district, the region's largest town, and about 60% of that of Sunamganj.
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It's one of the worst floods in the region
," he told AFP.
But he said the situation would improve further in the coming days after the heavy rains stopped.
Heat wave
Sylhet District Chief Mozibur Rahman said the dyke, located at Zakiganj on the Indian border, can only be repaired when the water level drops further.
In India, around 50 people died last week due to floods, landslides and thunderstorms, according to local disaster management authorities.
In the state of Assam (northeast India), 18 people died according to the authorities and more than 92,000 people are in shelters.
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In Bihar state, west of Assam, at least 33 people died in thunderstorms on Thursday.
Bihar also suffered during the week from a strong heat wave with temperatures reaching 40°C.
