Poor areas of Nepal have been particularly hard-hit; more than 210,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by floods or landslides, and 143 people have died. In Bangladesh, roughly 8.6 million were affected, 142 died and enormous areas of farmland suffered damage, the IFRC said.
About a third of the country has been submerged by this year’s rains, according to the New York Times.
In India, the flooding has affected more than 30 million people, while the financial capital Mumbai is reportedly paralyzed by the waters
