Hungry South Asia flood victims fight over food
More than 455 people have died in India, Bangladesh and Nepal in the latest phase of the annual monsoon floods, which began two to three weeks ago

Patna: Hungry victims of South Asia’s devastating floods have been reduced to fighting over food supplies and looting, officials said on Monday (6 August) with one teenager drowning as he scrambled for air-dropped provisions.

Sarfaraz, 17, drowned in Darbhanga district of eastern Bihar state as he went after food being dropped by helicopter, and dozens of others have been injured in similar scrambles or in fights over dwindling food supplies.

More than 455 people have died in India, Bangladesh and Nepal in the latest phase of the annual monsoon floods, which began two to three weeks ago.

The floods, the worst in living memory in some areas, have affected 35 million people in the region and are being seen by some as a symptom of climate change.

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