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In the wake of severe flooding that has wreaked havoc across Bangladesh, Bishop Gervas Rozario of the Rajshahi Diocese has issued an urgent appeal for aid to support the millions affected by the disaster.

In response to severe flooding from Typhoon Gaemi, locally known as Carina, and monsoon rains, Bishop Honesto Ongtioco of Cubao has ordered parish priests to open their churches to evacuees.

At least five people died and another 60,000 people have been affected following heavy rainfall that battered Sri Lanka over the weekend.

The catastrophic floods have killed more than 1000 people, leaving more than 6 million people in need of humanitarian aid.

The head of Caritas Pakistan, Archbishop Benny Travas of Karachi, and Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad, launch an appeal for solidarity with all those affected by the worst monsoon floods in the Asian nation in decades.

The Indian northeast state of Assam has been severely hit by the recent flood due to heavy rains.

Numerous sub-districts in Batam City, Riau Islands, Indonesia, were flooded on December 31 and January 1 due to two consecutive days of torrential rain. 

Thousands of families forcibly removed from informal settlements to unclog stormwater drains in Karachi

Several parishes have opened churches to serve as temporary shelters for those who were displaced by floodwaters

Caritas Bangladesh, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, has recently distributed food aid to thousands of people who were affected by the recent flooding in the country.

Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on July 19.