Destructive nature at its best

Locals wade through a waterlogged road after high tide on River Ganga at Kalighat in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI Photo
A total of 36,90,627 people in 9,691 villages of 210 blocks in 12 districts in West Bengal have been affected due to floods, while a population of 40 lakh in Gujarat and 4,80,399 in Odisha, it said.