Lives lost, homes ravaged from India to South Korea, the horrific aftermath of floods

Millions of people worldwide were affected by devastating floods caused by abnormally heavy rains in 2022 so far. A look at the recent major floods and their aftermath:

INDIA: Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India in the last week of August. At least 36 fatalities have been reported in Himachal Pradesh due to landslides and flooding. In Uttarakhand, four people were killed and 13 were missing. In Odisha, floods have affected nearly 800,000 people and displaced thousands of people from their homes, with heavy rains disrupting electricity and water supply, and damaging road infrastructure.

PAKISTAN: At least 777 people have been killed and over 300,000 displaced in Pakistan over the past two months due to the flash floods caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains. Over 1.8 million people have been affected by the flooding since June 14, and over 300,000 of them are still residing in relief camps across the nation. Floods have damaged nearly 60,000 homes besides washing away several roads and damaging many bridges.

AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods driven by persistent rains have killed at least 95 people and left dozens missing in the country. The deaths occurred across 10 provinces over the past 10 days, authorities said. Heavy floods were preceded by severe drought and a devastating earthquake that killed over 1,000 people in June.

SUDAN: Since the beginning of the rainy season, 83 people have been killed as the downpours continued to inundate villages across the nation. Over 18,200 homes have completely been destroyed while at least 25,600 have suffered partial damage. More than 146,200 people have been affected by floods, according to the United Nations.

YEMEN: Since July this year, flash floods have killed over 91 people and injured dozens in the country. As many as 5,699 buildings were damaged and at least 140 collapsed due to the flooding. Nearly 30,000 families have also been affected by floods in different provinces.

SOUTH KOREA: As the South Korean capital struggles to clean up after the heaviest rainfall since Seoul weather recording began 115 years ago, the death toll from the country's record-breaking rainfall and flooding has climbed to 11, with eight more people still missing, as of August 9. The capital's streets and subway stations were inundated by two days of torrential rain which forced over 5,300 people to evacuate their homes.

KENTUCKY (US): At least 37 people, including four children, were killed in eastern Kentucky earlier this month as a result of floods unleashed by torrential rainfall. Some homes in the hardest-hit districts were swept away. The floods were Kentucky's second significant natural disaster in seven months, following a swarm of tornadoes that claimed nearly 80 lives in the state's western region in December.

CHINA: The death toll from a flash flood in the western Chinese province of Qinghai rose to 23, the state news agency reported on August 20. Eight people remain missing and 23 others classified as missing have been found, it added. The crisis has affected more than 6,000 people, and 1,500 residents have been relocated to temporary shelters. Torrential rains have left dozens killed and more than a million homeless in provinces such as Hunan, Sichuan, and Gansu.

NEW ZEALAND: On the top of the South Island, torrential rains forced at least 1,200 people from their homes. It could take years to clean up the damages caused by the heavy flooding. Hundreds of people were evicted from their houses as rivers overflowed their banks and the soggy terrain became unstable.

SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA): The start of July brought the fourth set of floods in 18 months to the Australian state of New South Wales. The Greater Sydney area was especially affected, with eight months worth of rain falling in just four days. Tens of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes as roads turned rivers. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the repeated floods proved the need for climate action.

SOUTH AFRICA: In April, the eastern coast of South Africa received over a year's worth of rain, leading to one of the deadliest natural disasters to strike the nation this year. The floods claimed the lives of more than 400 people, destroyed more than 12,000 houses, and forced an estimated 40,000 people from their homes.

NIGERIA: Floods have claimed at least 50 lives in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa since the start of the rainy season in June. Kafin Hausa district has been the worst affected, with 10 people killed, 68 hospitalised and 1,436 displaced - mostly from Balangu village where nearly 250 homes were severely damaged.