A special report of Jerome D'Costa on the severe 1988 flood that had submerged 55 of the 64 districts of Bangladesh and affected 30 million of the total population of 110 million. Archbishop of Dhaka and the Catholic Church's social service agency, Caritas Bangladesh, came forward with the aid and rehabilitation assistance to flood victims worth several million dollars. The news appeared in the 'Asia Focus' biweekly of the UCA News of Hong Kong on October 1, 1988.
