By Jay Shankar and Katherine Espina
Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Monsoon rain-driven floods swept across northeastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal, leaving millions of people stranded as the seasonal rainfall began making its way southward.
Estimates of those left homeless varied, with Agence-France Presse reporting 25 million people across the region were forced to flee and that more than 1,400 died. In Bangladesh, more than 100 people died and the toll may reach 500, Saiful Hossian, a spokesman for the Bangladesh Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, said today in a telephone interview.
The monsoon trough was shifting southward, India Weather Watch said on its Web site yesterday, with heavy rainfall forecast over West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states the next three days.
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