Photos: Bangladesh and India endure catastrophic floods

Vehicles stuck in the floodwater in Sylhet, Bangladesh, May 17, 2022. Many roads have been submerged due to continuous high rains for several days.

Extreme weather events fueled by climate change have killed at least 24 people and left thousands of people displaced in Bangladesh and India in recent weeks.

In the north-eastern Indian state of Assam and in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh, two million people have been affected by floods. According to local news reports, the rains have washed away villages, inundated roads, damaged crops, and cut off access to drinking water and electricity for some people.

Extreme rain events in India and Bangladesh are on the rise because of global warming and the timing of the monsoons, according to scientists.

Millions of people have had to change their lifestyles because of the record-breaking heat wave in India. Climate change made the heat more likely, according to an analysis published last week.

Army soldiers evacuate a flood-affected villager after heavy rains in Hojai district of India’s Assam state on May 19, 2022.People wade through the floodwater, May 17, 2022 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Many roads in Sylhet have been submerged due to continuous high rains for several days.This aerial photograph shows houses inundated following heavy rains in Beanibazar, Bangladesh on May 21, 2022.A doctor examines a flood-affected villager at a mobile medical camp in Hojai district of India’s Assam state on May 19, 2022.People wade through a road damaged by flood waters after heavy rains in Nagaon district, Assam state, on May 19, 2022.A man transports Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders on a on a rickshaw van along a path next to the banks of the overflown Surma River following heavy rainfalls in Sylhet, Bangladesh on May 19, 2022.Villagers travel on a boat through a flooded area after heavy rains in Nagaon district, Assam state, on May 19, 2022.Villagers lead their cattle to a partially flooded road after travelling on a boat through flood waters following heavy rains in Nagaon district, Assam state, India, on May 19, 2022.Villagers wade through a flooded area of Bakula Guri village in Nagaon district of India’s northeastern state of Assam, May 15, 2022.

The Associated Press reported.