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The authorities in India and Bangladesh are struggling to reach millions of people stranded by floods caused by heavy monsoon rains. Millions of people have been displaced by severe flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains in northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
More than 12 million people have been displaced or marooned by the floods in the Indian states of Bihar and Assam. More than 12 million are displaced or marooned in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
In neighbouring Bangladesh nearly 40 people have died and some five million people affected by the floods which have inundated a third of the country. In neighbouring Bangladesh nearly 40 people have died and some five million people are affected by the floods which have inundated a third of the country.
They have been described as the worst floods in 10 years in northern India. Nepal's government says that 86 people have died in the torrential rainfall.
Vast stretches of fertile countryside are under water damaging farmland and flooding thousands of villages. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says that these floods have been described as the worst floods in 10 years in northern India.
It has been raining heavily here for more than a week and many of the rivers which flow through northern India and into Bangladesh are overflowing. Vast stretches of fertile countryside are under water, damaging farmland and flooding thousands of villages.
It has been raining heavily in the region for more than a week and many of the rivers which flow through northern India and into Bangladesh are overflowing.
In some places they have burst their banks.In some places they have burst their banks.
Flood politics
Bihar's State Disaster Management Committee chairman Manoj Srivastava told the BBC that the flood situation was quite "serious".
At least 121 relief camps and 34 cattle camps had been set up in the flood-affected areas of Bihar, he said.
The Patna High Court has recently criticised the state government for its failure to deliver relief materials.
Bihar's former chief minister and the current federal railway minister, Laloo Prasad Yadav, made an aerial tour of the region on Wednesday and accused the state government of "criminal negligence".
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is out of the state on business.
State Governor RS Gavai has appealed to all party leaders to bury their political differences and work together to help flood victims.
Army assistanceArmy assistance
Many roads and bridges in the states of Bihar and Assam, the worst affected, have been damaged making it harder for the authorities to get relief material to those affected.Many roads and bridges in the states of Bihar and Assam, the worst affected, have been damaged making it harder for the authorities to get relief material to those affected.
The army is using helicopters to drop supplies but aid agencies are already warning of shortages of food and drinking water.The army is using helicopters to drop supplies but aid agencies are already warning of shortages of food and drinking water.
Almost six million are affected in Assam, authorities say
In Bangladesh, a country that is predominantly low-lying, hundreds of thousands of people are camping on embankments or on the roofs of their homes waiting for relief.In Bangladesh, a country that is predominantly low-lying, hundreds of thousands of people are camping on embankments or on the roofs of their homes waiting for relief.
Many are using boats to move around.Many are using boats to move around.
The country's military-backed interim government has said it is doing its best to cope.The country's military-backed interim government has said it is doing its best to cope.
In Nepal, several rivers that flow down from the Himalayas have burst their banks in the heavily populated and low-lying Terai region that borders Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
The BBC's Mark Dummett in Kathmandu says that some people have blamed India for worsening the situation because it has not opened dams on its side of the border.
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