flooding in india, bangladesh, and nepal

As the American media focuses on the tragedy of Wednesday's bridge collapse in Minnesota heavy rains are causing severe flooding in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. (see also a) Help is urgently needed. (Click here for a link to Unicef) The conventional wisdom is that cash rather than in-kind aid is better for areas hit by disasters. There are pros and cons to cash aid however. Click here for more recent coverage and photos.