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The death toll from the worst floods in years continued to rise, while millions of people remained trapped by flood waters without access to relief and rescue, as the weather officials warned of more heavy rains in Bangladesh and Northeast India.
A man carries his animals as he wades through flood waters.
In Bangladesh, the national meteorological department predicted moderate to very heavy rain in parts of the country and warned that it could lead to landslides in the east.
The monsoon rains caused at least 25 deaths in Bangladesh.
More than four million people remain trapped by flood water without access to critical relief supplies, despite the fact that 300,000 people have been relocated to government shelters.
The Indian Meteorological Department issued an orange alert on Monday in the northeast Indian state of Assam, urging people to be prepared for heavy to extremely heavy rain.
According to India Today, 71 people have died in Assam from the severe rains.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, more than 4.2 million people in the state have been affected by the flooding.
11,000. That is the total number of households in the port city of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh that are at risk of being washed away in the rain.
The floods in Assam and Sylhet are one of the worst that the region has seen in a long time. The world's largest riverdelta is located in the low-lying region of Bangladesh and Eastern India. Climate change has been linked to extreme weather events in the region and experts warn that the rapid melting of glaciers in the Himalayas could lead to more catastrophic flooding and affect more than 100 million people. Hundreds of deaths have been caused by tropical storms in the region in the past few years.
People wade on flood waters to collect food aid in a flooded area.
A family gathers their goods before they leave their submerged home.
People are seen on a boat after flash floods as a damaged house is seen behind
People are going towards a safer place using a banana raft.
A man pushes his cart through water.
Millions of people are stranded by floods in India.
Millions of people in Bangladesh and India are waiting for help.
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