Millions stranded by monsoon floods in India, Bangladesh
21 September, 2007

Bangladesh (MNN) ― The death toll from flooding this year in Bangladesh tops 1,000.

Floods that swept across low-lying Bangladesh for nearly a month are receding, but thousands of people are still living in makeshift homes.

Two and a half million others have also been displaced or marooned by rising river waters.
The additional loss of over two million acres of crop land means that those affected by the monsoon rains will reach upwards of 20 million people. the rest