Oxford and surrounding counties had been licking their wounds a bit after last week's floods.
Today, along comes the BBC with a reality check: floodwaters up to 9 metres deep in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, where more than 20 million people (the entire population of Australia, or one in 3 Britons) have been displaced. Where Britain had perhaps a dozen victims of 'flood related' incidents, more than 200 people are known to have been drowned or swept away.
Our floods were miniscule by comparison, and the impact 'over there' will be far more profound. Roads aren't just closed - they've been washed away entirely. And unlike here, there are no emergency services able to rush in with millions of litres of sterilised water, no community centres on high enough ground to take evacuees. People are already dying from drinking polluted water, as they have no other.
The BBC is not the only one to carry the news, but there story can be found at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6927389.stm
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