Monsoon Season Floods Hitting Hard in S. Asia; 300 Dead; Millions Forced From Their Homes From: The Washington Post | Date: August 15, 2000| Author: Rama Lakshmi | Copyright 2000 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

South Asia's annual monsoon rains bring annual floods and tales of disaster. But as this year's rains inundate northern India, Bangladesh and the Himalayan region, the emerging picture of destruction appears worse than usual.

Flooding in the Ganges and Brahmaputra river systems has killed an estimated 300 people across four countries and forced more than 6 million from their homes in India alone. So far, the intensity of rains and the death toll are less than in 1998, the worst recent ...

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