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In 1995, Hurricane Katrina caused huge floods in New Orleans, LA. Over 1,800 people died.
The monsoon sweeps in from the cold Indian Ocaen to the warm land.
The summer monsoon brings heavy rainfall.
In 1998, the Yangtze River in China flooded for three months, affecting 230 million people and killing over 3,500.
In 1998, 70 percent of
Bangladesh lay
under floodwater.
About 90 percent of the annual rain falls at this time.