Floods worldwide

I hadn't realised that the floods had been so bad worldwide until Kevin drew my attention to the following reported in this BBC article

"..... research from the charity Save the Children found that nearly 138 million people worldwide had been affected by floods in recent weeks. More than 1,000 people around the world have died and at least half a million homes have been damaged or destroyed because of the torrential rains, said Save the Children. The charity's director of emergencies, Gareth Owen, said: "This is an emergency on a worldwide scale and it deserves a global reaction, which is badly lacking at the moment from governments and donors." More than 17 million have been affected in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. But the worst affected country is China, where 119 million people have been hit by floods in the last month. "

Still very difficult no doubt if it happens to you but seems to put UK events in proportion. Also difficult to be magnanamous when under threat yourself so not perhaps surprising that it's difficult at this time to get a global reaction.