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This aerial view shows flooded houses in Sunamganj on July 15, 2020. Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said July 14, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from some of the heaviest rains in a decade. / AFP / Munir Uz zaman
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Updated 15 July 2020
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Third of Bangladesh underwater as monsoon drenches region

Third of Bangladesh underwater as monsoon drenches region

Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said Tuesday, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from some of the heaviest rains in a decade.
The monsoon -- which usually falls from June to September -- is crucial to the economy of the Indian sub-continent, but also causes widespread death and destruction across the region each year.