Sunday, August 31, 2008

India floods washed away the dam led to 60 people were killed and 3 million people to leave their refuge

September 1: India from the eastern part of mid-August days of heavy rain hit, and then also suffered flooding. Date, about 60 people were killed and 3 million people to leave their refuge.

From mid-August, India affected by the monsoon, even down rainstorm. India's eastern Bihar Honghe Gexi tributaries of a river dam burst into a vast ocean surrounding villages.

India, and other disaster prevention department announced that the flooding has caused some people were swept away by water, the boat sank, and other disaster relief. As of now, a total of about 60 people were killed. The local government with the help of the army, using helicopters and small boats, about 3 million residents evacuated to higher ground areas and places of asylum, but there are still over 600,000 residents were trapped in the disaster areas.

At present, tens of thousands of victims still under siege in the flooded villages, no food, no drinking water. In the disaster area, said when the Indian forces arrived in the boat the victims were trapped when the crowd "like mad" pre-empt competing embarkation.

Told reporters that about 150,000 people were housed in temporary relief centres set up, the conditions here very bad. The reporter also said that almost do not see what the rescue of the shadow, voluntary organisations to distribute relief materials. However, insufficient coordination, but also bring chaos to the rescue work.

According to reports, Bihar floods suffered by the attacks in the past several decades the most serious one.

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