2007 South Asian floods

The 2007 South Asian floods were a series of floods in India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. News Agencies, citing the Indian and Bangladeshi governments, place the death toll in excess of 2,000. By 3 August, approximately 20 million had been affected and by 10 August some 30 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal had been affected by flooding.

This article refers to the multiple concurrent floods in South Asia between 3 July and 15 August 2007 (Dartmouth Flood Observatory numbers DFO115, 121, 124, 129, 136, 143, 153, 155, 157 and 158). See other articles for other floods, e.g. the floods caused by Cyclone Yemyin, the China floods, the Sudan floods.

2007 South Asian floods
Residents of Keraniganj walk on a bridge on the bank of the flooded Buriganga river.
Meteorological history
Duration3 July 2007 – 15 August 2007
Overall effects
Fatalities2,000+
DamageAt least Rs. 500 millions (USD 12 million)
Areas affectedIndia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan

UNICEF said that the situation "is being described as the worst flooding in living memory".

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