The lack of telecommunications services has made it difficult to fully assess the extent of the damage, especially in the affected areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj, Rahman said. He noted that 90% of the Sunamganj district is underwater and is almost completely cut off from the rest of the country. Nearly six million people have been displaced by the floods, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) news agency reported on Saturday. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society plans to help with resettlement efforts and will “provide financial assistance to families affected by the floods,” the group wrote on Twitter late Saturday. Meanwhile, the eastern Indian state of Assam, which borders Bangladesh, has also been affected by floods. At least eight people have been killed in the past 24 hours, according to the Assam Disaster Management Authority in a statement released on Sunday. Floods and landslides have killed at least 62 people in Assam since April, the agency said. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet that he was praying “for the safety and well-being of the people of Assam affected by the floods”. Monti said he had spoken to Assam’s Prime Minister Hamid Bisua Sarma and had “apologized for the situation”. Additional reports from CNN’s Vedika Sud in New Delhi
