In 2020, floods severely affected South Asia due to heavy monsoon rains.

In addition there were 6,511 fatalities, the most reported in a flood since Cyclone Sidr in 2007.

[3] Between July and August, floods had affected around half of Afghanistan, killing 190 people and damaged around 2,000 homes.

[2][6][7] Cyclone Amphan killed at least 86 people in West Bengal, India.

[2] The Kathmandu Post reported that the floods were some of the worst in the country’s history.