More than 100 people have died and millions more have been displaced in northeastern Bangladesh and eastern India after monsoon rains triggered some of the worst floods and landslides in more than a century. Experts told Al Jazeera the scale of the disaster was made worse by pre-monsoon flooding as well as poor river and wetlands management that led to “clogged” rivers. As floodwaters slowly begin receding, officials are warning of possible epidemics of waterborne diseases, including diarrhoea, skin infections, and dysentery. Estimates of the numbers displaced run from 4 million to 9.5 million, with military, civilian, and aid agency teams struggling to provide stranded communities with enough food and drinking water. The floods have also caused severe damage to hundreds of thousands of hectares of paddy fields, maize, and other vegetables, as well as to fish farms, raising food security concerns at a time when food prices are already on the rise due to the Ukraine conflict. Low-lying Bangladesh is one of the countries most heavily impacted by climate change, but has seen some success in recent years in reducing cyclone-related deaths.
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