In the summer of 2007, flooding forced millions of people to leave their homes in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Christian Aid launched an emergency appeal to raise money for the people who needed it most.

A boy pushes his bicycle through a flooded street in the northern Indian city of Mathura

Every year countries in Asia have a rainy season or ‘monsoon’. But last year the monsoon was really bad, flooding land and affecting around 30 million people. Some eye-witnesses called it the worst floods anyone had ever seen.

Many families lost everything they owned. Their homes were washed away and they were left with nothing. Christian Aid’s partners in India and Bangladesh have been helping by giving communities clean water to drink, food, blankets and medicine.

Last summer parts of the UK were badly flooded too. In some places a month’s rainfall fell in just a few hours!

It was terrible for those families involved but the UK government was able to help people quickly. In India and Bangladesh many people are very poor and live in areas it's hard to reach. It’s not as easy for their governments to help.

In Oxford, in the south of England, people had to put sandbags in front of their houses to stop the flood water getting in

You can’t blame a single case of freaky weather on climate change. But disasters like floods, hurricanes and droughts are happening more often. Scientists say this is because of global warming. 

Christian Aid can help some people in Asia rebuild their homes, but the main cause of global warming – greenhouse gas emissions – needs to be tackled to stop future disasters.