According to officials, massive flooding has been caused by heavy rains in areas of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and at least 57 dead.

In India alone, 47 people have perished, and hundreds of thousands of people have been relocated to relief centers.

In nearly two decades, the most significant flooding has stranded two million Bangladeshis in the northeast.

On Saturday, Mosharraf Hossain, the top government administrator for the Sylhet region, stated that at least 100 villages in Zakiganj were swamped after floodwaters from India's northeast breached an essential dam on the Barak River (21).

"Approximately two million people have been displaced by floods to date," he added, adding that at least ten people had died this week.

According to experts, many portions of Bangladesh and India's neighboring regions are susceptible to flooding, and climate change is increasing the chance of catastrophic weather events worldwide.

Every additional degree of global warming increases the amount of water in the atmosphere by around seven percent, inevitably affecting precipitation.

According to local disaster management authorities, floods, landslides, and thunderstorms have killed at least 47 people in India this week.

At least fourteen people have been killed by landslides and floods in Assam state, which borders Bangladesh.

More than 850,000 people in around 3,200 villages have been affected by the floods in Assam, caused by severe rains that flooded vast tracts of farmland and destroyed thousands of homes.

Nearly 90,000 people have been relocated to state-run relief shelters due to rising river levels and widespread flooding in most regions.

On Thursday, at least 33 persons were killed by thunderstorms in Bihar, west of Assam (19).

The unseasonable weather events that ruined hundreds of hectares of standing crops and thousands of fruit trees injured more than three dozen individuals.

This week, Bihar saw an intense heatwave with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

There are also indications of little rainfall in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, providing relief from the intense heat that has plagued the region since April.

In Zakiganj, Bangladesh, residents were spotted fishing on flooded roads, while others moved livestock to flood shelters.

The 50-year-old bus driver Shamim Ahmed stated, "My home is flooded to the waist. We are collecting rainwater because there is no potable water.

"Rain is currently both a blessing and a curse for us."

Lalila Begum stated that every piece of furniture in her home was destroyed, but she and her two kids remained, hoping that the floodwaters would recede within a few days.

"My two daughters and I have stacked beds and are sleeping on top of them," she stated. "There is a food shortage. We share one individual's meals and one meal every day."

Many areas of Sylhet, the central city in the northeast, have been inundated by floodwaters; according to a second official, approximately 50,000 families have been without electricity for days.

Hossain, the chief administrator, stated that the floods were caused by rains and an influx of water from Assam.

However, officials stated that the damaged border embankment at Zakiganj could not be repaired until the water level decreased.