By Writer | Oxfam Writer
The latest estimates indicate that 21 million people have been affected by the floods, which have swept away or damaged 1.8 million houses. Rushing water has also destroyed roads, bridges, and supplies of food and clean water. The death toll is now thought to be 1,752 people, and more than 2,000 have been reported injured.
Oxfam and our partners have so far
provided safe evacuation to 240,000 people, using local search and rescue boats; provided emergency shelter materials to more than 70,000 people; provided clean water to nearly 745,000 people displaced by the floods; distributed hygiene supplies like soap to nearly 470,000 people; provided more than 85,000 people with cash vouchers to purchase food and household items; provided more than 7,500 people with cash payments in exchange for community-service work; and provided cooked meals for thousands of people living in camps.
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