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Floods kill 300, displace more than 1 million in India
By: cnn.comPosted On: 10/06/2009 9:19 A
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At least 300 people have been killed and more than 1 million displaced in the flooding triggered by torrential rains in India, officials said Tuesday.
At least 300 people have been killed and more than 1 million displaced in the flooding triggered by torrential rains in India, officials said Tuesday.
At least 199 people have died in the southern state of Karnataka, its disaster-management secretary H.V. Parshwanath told CNN. More than 650,000 people there have been housed in 1,619 relief camps, he said.
Military officials said they had wrapped up most rescue efforts in Karnataka and in neighboring Andhra Pradesh state because floodwaters were receding.
Authorities put the death toll in Andhra Pradesh at 63. More than 550,000 people have been displaced, said Dinesh Kumar, commissioner of the state
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