Millions of people across South Asia have spent another night stranded in flood waters.
Almost 150 people have died and almost 20 million people have been displaced or marooned in severe flooding across India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
It has been raining heavily in the region for 20 days and more rain is forecast, particularly in central India, a region which has so far received a weaker monsoon.
Many of the rivers which flow through northern India and into Bangladesh are overflowing, and in some places they have burst their banks.
In some areas, the floods are being called the worst in living memory.
A vast area is under water, damaging farmland and affecting thousands of villages. Aid agencies say stocks of food and water are running very low.
12 million displaced or marooned in India
5.5 million displaced in Bangladesh
More than 750,000 affected in Nepal
In Assam, in north-eastern India, three feet of rain fell in July.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6927389.stm
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