Heavy monsoon rains over the past week have left many dead in Nepal and Bangladesh, and submerged vast areas of north-east India.
After causing flooding and landslides in Nepal, three rivers are overflowing in northern India and submerging parts of Bihar state, killing at least 14 people, officials said Monday.
Further east, 17 others were killed by flooding in Assam and other states in India’s remote northeast.
Nepal appears the worst hit so far, with at least 78 people dead, officials said on Tuesday. A further 29 have died in the northeastern Indian states of Bihar and Assam.
Flash floods have also ripped through Pakistan and Bangladesh, which border India on the east and west, respectively. 28 have died in Pakistan, and 16 in Bangladesh, according to authorities from each country.
More than 6.7 million people in India have been directly affected by the floods, according to CNN – about 2.5 million in Bihar and 4.2 million in Assam.
Monsoon rains hit the region in June-September. The rains are crucial for rain-fed crops planted during the season, but can be devastating in extreme cases such as this one.