The monsoon season struck hard South Asia this year, bringing ceaseless rain, massive floods, mudslides and causing loss of human lives, the UNICEF characterizing the disaster as an “unprecedented challenge” for authorities.

More than 200 people died only in the past 10 days in the calamity-struck region, at least 10 million are without a roof over their head after floods and landslides destroyed their homes.

Relief workers are trying to reach stranded people that need essential supplies and medical assistance, but the proportion of the disaster pose a tough challenge for them.

“The sheer size and scale of flooding and massive numbers of people affected poses an unprecedented challenge to the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian assistance,” a statement from the United Nations Children's Fund read.

According to the same agency reported that more than 35 million people have been affected in China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and other neighbouring countries, most of them being poor and relying on aid from authorities or relief agencies to get pass this ordeal.

Hospitals and other facilities providing basic medical assistance suffered severe structural damage and along with them the entire medical organization came crumbling down in rural regions.

“Shelter, access to fresh water, food, emergency medical supplies and basic household items are urgently required -- especially given the loss of infrastructure including basic health units and hospitals,” the same agency providing humanitarian aid said.

More than half of Bangladesh is virtually paralyzed by murky water ruling over the territory that not long ago was inhabited by people. Rivers burst their banks and flooded adjacent areas, destroying entire settlements and crops essential for most of the population.

The official death toll reached 60 in just few days, but authorities feared the figures could rise dramatically after rescue teams reach isolated villages.

Nepal’s government was overwhelmed by the disaster’s proportions and asked for help from the international community. At least 85 people dyed during three weeks of downpour, authorities beginning to evaluate the damage after rainfall eased off.

A dramatic situation hit India also, the highest number of fatalities being reported from the country. More than 145 persons deceased and over 16 million were forced out of their homes by the roaring floods that devoured everything it their path.

Traffic disruptions caused by roads and railways covered by muddy water were reported all over South Asia, but along with the calamity another hidden danger surfaced: water borne diseases.

The shortage of drinkable water, medical supplies and food could trigger devastating epidemics of diarrhea and malaria that could decimate the flooded out population, officials trying to mend the situation with the aid of relief organizations.