2017 South Asian floods
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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]
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Date | July – September 2017 |
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Location | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan |
Cause | Monsoon |
Deaths | 1,419 |
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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]