New Delhi: Torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia, affecting millions of people and claiming at least 180 lives, officials said.
The monsoon is crucial for irrigation and groundwater supplies in the impoverished region –home to a fifth of the world’s population – and brings relief after the unforgiving summers.
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