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South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

by Associated Press
| August 14, 2020 2:03 AM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few sacks of rice and clothes.

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