Millions Affected As Floods Strike India
Officials said 7,000 rupees each has been sent to more than 827,000 flood-hit families as aid and rescue operations expand.
- On Tuesday, flooding in India's eastern Bihar state affected nearly five million people as all seven key rivers measured above their "danger level" following heavy rain.
- Bihar is downstream from Nepal, which suffered deadly flooding last month; the current disaster began earlier this month, causing 20 deaths and swamping farmland.
- Authorities deployed nearly 1,800 boats and opened 13 relief camps, with more than 1,000 community kitchens providing food and clean water to affected families.
- Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced that $72 each was transferred to more than 827,000 flood-affected families, with priority on "reconstruction work done with a spirit of building back better."
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi dispatched a federal team to conduct a "detailed assessment of damages," while resident Chandan Kumar Mahto of Saran district stated, "Flood is our fate, every year we face it.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoo Chang-yeop = Flooding this month in Bihar state, eastern India—which borders Nepal and was hit by massive flooding last month—has killed 20 people and affected approximately 5 million...
After heavy rains, the state's seven main rivers exceeded their threshold of danger on Tuesday, according to the Bihar Water Resources Department, one of the Indian states most regularly hit by floods. Floods, which began in early September, flooded vast tracts of agricultural land. Local media reported the death of 20 people. On the ground, families described to the AFP a very difficult situation. "We are working to obtain food, drinking water …
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Millions affected as floods strike India's Bihar
Bihar is downstream from Nepal, which suffered deadly flooding last month.
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