quinta-feira, 6 de agosto de 2015

Thousands of homeless in flooding in Burma and India

In Burma, after weeks of heavy monsoon rains, the floods have caused at least 45 deaths and displaced about 200 thousand people, according to the Government.

The flood victims in remote areas of the Northwest of the country, near the border with Bangladesh, ask for international aid.

Like many other inhabitants of the areas most affected by the scourge, a woman counts have lost everything I had at home:

"Just don't die, because we escaped to higher ground with the baby. We came with nothing, not even a bra or a skirt. We lost everything. "

In India, in West Bengal, the monsoon rains are causing the same scene of devastation, with floods and landslides.

The recent balance sheet, according to the Indian authorities is at least 75 deaths and tens of thousands of refugees.

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