Floods Kill at Least 40 in India, Millions Homeless

dArKeR

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Sun Jul-11-04 02:55 AM
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Floods Kill at Least 40 in India, Millions Homeless

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GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - At least 40 people packed into a wooden boat drowned in northeastern India after torrential annual rains and swollen rivers set off floods that have left millions homeless, officials said Sunday.

The villagers, including many women and children, were trying to escape to higher ground in the state of Assam on Saturday night when their boat capsized. There were no survivors, a police official said

All rivers in tea and oil-rich Assam, including the main Brahmaputra, are overflowing after incessant rains in the past week.

"More than two million people have become homeless because of floods," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told Reuters.

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5636248

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Kool Kitty

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Sun Jul-11-04 03:05 AM
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1. Oh, this is just awful.

Millions homeless? I don't know what to say to this. Awful, just awful.

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stepnw1f

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Sun Jul-11-04 03:05 AM
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2. Link broken me

:-(

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muriel_volestrangler

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Sun Jul-11-04 05:45 AM
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3. Try this link (link in OP goes to Afgahn story)

Edited on Sun Jul-11-04 05:47 AM by muriel_volestrangler

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5636144

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fujiyama

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Sun Jul-11-04 05:52 AM
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4. Terrible

Edited on Sun Jul-11-04 05:52 AM by fujiyama

so common in the developing world.

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