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• South Asia floods: Estimated 40 million across India, Bangladesh, Nepal affected
• Entire villages across Bangladesh, India and Nepal remained submerged under water since the floods began in mid-August
• Authorities have described it as the region's worst flood in 40 years, with a metre of rain falling in some areas in the space of days
• In India alone, UNICEF estimated 31 million people were affected by the floods, losing their homes, livelihoods, cattle or property
• In Bangladesh, more than 8 million people were affected, including about 3 million children
• In Nepal, the number affected was about 1.7 million people
• At least 1.5 million homes are believed to have been destroyed or damaged, along with thousands of schools, hospitals, roads and bridges
• Of the 1,300 people killed, aid agencies said 30 to 40 per cent were children
• Rowkan Khan from UNICEF's office in Kathmandu (Nepal): 'The people are very poor here and houses are made of mud. So when floods came it washed away their houses, and in some places the water came so quickly, with such force, that one village I saw looked like [it was] hit by a tornado or cyclone'