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Aftermath of hurricane harvey there's flooding on the other side of the world. heavy rain has been in india since tuesday. the rising waters have killed morning 1200 in india and neighboring bangladesh. lizzy joins us with more on this. these numbers have staggered from the death polls to the number of children who can't go to school because of the floods. >> reporter: that's right john, and also the number of displaced. when you tally up three countries in bangladesh, more than 41 million people displaced. that's not going unnoticed when people -- they are noticing that media is spending an a...

>> well, sir, look, we really appreciate you taking time to tell our viewers what you're doing. and obviously, it is indicative of what a lot of other groups are doing to help those here in need. thank you so much for your time. so, you know, it is a sense of pride, quite frankly, that people feel. the pride of helping their neighbors, john, in times of need. and we're talking about neighbors helping neighbors, family members helping family members. strangers helping strangers. it is quite a sight. >> that hope and optimism will be sorely tested and needed as this goes on. >> absolutely. >> be...

Referring to a famous phrase dedicated to the astronauts in 2013. there is an enormous amount of attention that gets shifted away from what's the real problem in asia which is unprecedented amounts of rainfall and massive flooding, john. >> and elizabeth you are there and rescue operations are underway right now. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, it's very unclear right now how many people are still trapped. its assumed there are more than a dozen several people dead. but minimum bye has had a recent building collapse, a major building collapse that was due to illegal construction....

In the next few decades rainfall will increase by as much as 20%. john. >> we've been watching some of the images which they have been dealing with and they also incredible. liz thank you for update we appreciate it. you've been watching cnn newsroom live from los angeles. i'm john vase. >> reporter: and i'm george howell here in houston, texas. our live coverage continuing after the break. stay with us. here's to the heroes -- america's small business owners. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes, who use their expertise to keep those businesses covered. and here's to the heroes behind t...

It is quite possible, it's a question of illegal construction, possibly made worse by all the flooding, john. >> one of the oesh issues they're confronting in this region, they haven't really seen heavy rains like this for years, when you talk about the droughts that have been conflicting india and bangladesh. >> reporter: well the south asia region is one of the wettest regions in the world generally. there are annual monsoon rains and those will continue john, until through september. so more rain will be coming. many scientist agree, this is an unprecedented year, there are massive amounts ...