People wade past stranded trucks on a flooded street in Sunamganj on June 21. Massive floods have ravaged parts of Bangladesh, leaving dozens of people dead and millions stranded. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency. (Image Source: AFP)
People use boats to wade through a road in a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfalls in Companiganj. The flooding in Bangladesh has been called by experts as the country's worst since 2004. (Image Source: AFP)
Aerial picture shows a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfalls in Goyainghat. Last month, a pre-monsoon flash flood hit Bangladesh's northern and north-eastern regions. (Image Source: AFP)
Bangladesh Army personnel patrol the flooded areas to rescue and evacuate flood-affected people following heavy monsoon rainfall in Sunamgong. (Image Source: AFP)
A woman with her child wades along a flooded street in Sylhet. Flooding has submerged roads and highways and isolated entire districts from the rest of the country. (Image Source: AFP)
Schools have been turned into relief shelters to house entire villages. Flooding forced Bangladesh's third largest international airport in Sylhet to shut down last week. (Image Source: AFP)
People wade through chest-deep flood waters after collecting food packets in a flooded residential area following heavy monsoon rainfalls in Companiganj. (Image Source: AFP)
People gather to collect food in a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfall in Companiganj. (Image Source: AFP)
A man feeds a dog in a flooded residential area following heavy rain in Sunamganj. (Image Source: AFP)
More than 30 people have died due to floods in Bangladesh. Sunamganj and Sylhet districts in the northeastern region as well as in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Rangpur districts in northern Bangladesh have been worst hit. (Image Source: AFP)
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