2017 South Asian floods

2017 South Asian floods
DateJuly – September 2017
LocationAfghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
CauseMonsoon
Deaths1,419

Widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan from July through September 2017. More than 45 million people were affected by the floods,[1] including 16 million children.[2][3]

About 2,000 people, on average, had died due to flooding in South Asia each year during the previous two decades, according to The New York Times' reading of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (EM-DAT) disaster database.[4]

  1. ^ Ferand, Chloe (30 August 2017). "At least 41 million people affected in floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, UN says". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ "16 million children affected by massive flooding in South Asia, with millions more at risk". UNICEF. 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Flooding in India, Nepal, Bangladesh affecting 16 million children: UNICEF". The Times of India. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. ^ Raj, Suhasini; Gettleman, Jeffrey (7 September 2017). "They Thought the Monsoons Were Calm. Then Came the Deadly Floods". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.