The wet weather extends from the Arabian Sea and beyond Indo-China. Rain has been reported as widely as eastern Oman to southwest China.
Northern Pakistan has been struggling to cope with the heavy rain for a few days now. This latest deluge, which occurred in an already saturated Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killed 24 people, bringing the national death toll up to 42.
The worst of the flooding is now focusing on the southeast of the country where a deepening area of low pressure is feeding torrential rain across Gujarat In northwest India, across the border towards Karachi.
Bridges under water
Meanwhile, northeastern India is also struggling to cope with massive downpours. Murshidabad in West Bengal has suffered widespread flooding with many roads and bridges under water.
On the other side of the Ganges, monsoon-triggered flooding has left 14 people dead, with thousands of others affected. Likewise, infrastructure has been badly damaged, including a 100-year-old bridge in northern Shan State.
Chittagong recorded 210mm in 24 hours, compared to a July average of 597mm. The city has now had a total of 914mm of rain in the past four days alone. The rain will ease during the week ahead, but there are further showers in the forecast.
