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Eight people died after flash floods hit a river in India’s eastern state of West Bengal on Wednesday in the latest incident of heavy seasonal rain causing havoc in South Asia.

than normal on Wednesday with some places receiving as much as 9 cm of rain, according to the state-run India Meteorological Department which has forecast heavy rain in West Bengal and nearby states in the next three to four days.

South Asian countries have been lashed by heavy seasonal monsoon rains over the last couple of months. In Pakistan abnormal rains and glacial melt have triggered floods that have submerged huge swathes of the country leading to nearly 1,700 deaths in what has been described as an impact of climate change.

In Nepal authorities said two days of incessant rain has caused the water level in many rivers to rise. “We have issued alerts to villagers along the river banks to remain on high alert for possible floods and landslides in the hilly areas, but not asked them to evacuate yet,” National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority spokesperson Dijan Bhattarai told Reuters.and landslides so far this year according to official data.

Meanwhile one month ago, Millions of people remain trapped after the worst floods in Pakistan’s history. Monsoon rains have submerged a third of the country and 1 160 people have lost their lives since June officials say more than 33 million people have been displaced or affected in some way which is one in every seven Pakistanis. The UN Chief Antonio Guterres has called it a monsoon on steroids and has appealed for 160 million dollars in emergency funds.

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