Monsoon rains and widespread flooding have killed dozens of people in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in recent days, and the torrential downpours have displaced hundreds of thousands.
Officials reported that at least 40 people had been killed in flooding and landslides across Northern India, with several others reported missing. Hundreds more were displaced or needed to be evacuated by search and rescue teams.
In Pakistan, 37 people were killed in the most recent round of floods — since the middle of June, authorities report that 820 have been killed and 320,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed.
Similar flash flooding in Afghanistan has killed at least 95 people, according to authorities, and injured hundreds of others. Thousands of homes were reportedly destroyed.
