South Asia: Fears are mounting that people forced from their homes by floods that have hit south Asia could be exposed to deadly epidemics as emergency teams struggle to deal with almost 20 million in need of help. As the death toll from the most recent monsoon floods reached 330 - most of them in central India and Bangladesh - experts said immediate action was needed to prevent outbreaks of measles, gastroenteritis, dengue fever and other diseases. (The Independent)