South Asia

A catastrophic flash flood swept down the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli valley, burying villages and killing more than 1,400 people.

In a mountain province in eastern Afghanistan, a sudden flood swept away homes, markets and the water supply for a thousand families.

Days of heavy monsoon rain brought flash floods to Indian-administered Kashmir and landslides to Nagaland.

Heavy monsoon rain, high tides and broken embankments left hundreds of thousands of people in south-eastern Bangladesh stranded.

With temperatures reaching 48°C, India’s reservoirs fell fast, and cities sent out tankers to keep taps from running dry.

Drought nearly doubled in Afghanistan last year. The share of households with enough drinking water fell sharply.

India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were already sweltering in early May, with some places nearing 45°C before summer had properly begun.

Afghanistan’s capital relies on underground water, and the wells keep getting deeper. In poorer neighbourhoods, families queue at mosques for water they can’t drink.

Indore has been named India’s cleanest city eight years running. Over the new year, its tap water made more than 1,400 people ill.

Record rain triggered floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, cutting power and water and leaving hundreds dead.