There is so much media attention given to the victims of the floods, rightfully so. But one does need to respect the forces and police and other relief workers that risk their lives to improve the lives of the flood effected people.
I think any person flying in that merciless weather to drop relief material is a hero in his or her own right. These floods have savaged eastern India, nepal and Bangladesh. Indian and Nepali administrations have coped up, but Bangladesh is in shreds and desperately needs relief material.
Bangladesh faces 'flood crisis'
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The UN has warned Bangladesh is risking a humanitarian crisis, as severe flooding caused 58 deaths on Monday.
The Bangladesh state news agency said the deaths were the result of drowning, disease and snakebite.
High tides in the Bay of Bengal are a major concern, says the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), as these could stop flood waters from flowing into the sea.
More than two-thirds of Bangladesh is inundated, officials say, as flooding also continues to hit parts of India.
About 40% of the capital city, Dhaka, is under water and in places the sewage system has failed, sending fetid water flowing into the streets.
But a UN spokesman warned the worst may be yet to come, as rising tides in the Bay of Bengal in early August "would considerably limit the outflow of flood waters into the sea".
He said the WFP had made plans to distribute 3,000 tonnes of rice to flood victims.
Low-lying slums
Bangladesh is the latest country to be hit by floods that have sown devastation in low-lying coastal regions of south Asia.
Receding waters in eastern India's Bihar state have revealed more than 100 drowned bodies, pushing the total toll from the floods above 1,000.
The BBC's Roland Buerk in Dhaka says the poor are worst affected, as slum housing has been constructed in the capital's low-lying areas.
In some parts of the city, he says, boats are now the only way to get about.
