Heavy flooding in parts of India and Bangladesh force millions from their homes

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain.

In India's Assam state, flooding has cut off three districts in the Barak valley and the water in parts of the region's main city of Silchar is waist-deep, authorities and residents said.

Indian army and paramilitary troops have been called in to help with rescue operations and had evacuated about 1,000 people in the past 72 hours, an official said.

Assam and neighbouring Meghalaya state have received 134 per cent more rainfall than the average at this time of the year, according to data from the state-run India Meteorological Department. About 4.7 million people have been forced from their homes in Assam, with some 330,000 staying in shelters, the government said.

Extreme weather in South Asia has become more frequent, and environmentalists warn that climate change could lead to even more serious disasters in the coming decades.

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