Monsoon rains lash southern Asia

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eavy monsoon rains have continued to lash much of southern Asia, threatening further casualties and more destruction after a week of lethal floods and landslides.

More than 100 people have died and up to 1 million fled their homes as land from Pakistan to Burma was deluged.

In Burma, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited one of the country’s many flood-hit areas on Monday, raising her profile amid a national disaster that could have consequences in the general election due later this year.

Read the Guardian story - “Deadly floods leave trail of destruction across southern Asia”.