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    Tens of thousands stranded by floodwaters in India

    BHUBANESHWAR, India (AP) โ€” Indian air force helicopters dropped food parcels and hundreds of boats shuttled stranded people to safer ground as surging floodwaters hit eastern India.

    The floods caused by heavy rains have inundated more than 3,000 villages in Orissa state that are home to more than 2 million people.

    Orissa relief commissioner P.K. Mohapatra says five people were missing Tuesday in addition to the 27 killed in the eastern state since Friday.

    More than 120,000 people have evacuated but tens of thousands are still marooned. Air force helicopters are delivering food, and more than 370 boats were relocating stranded residents.

    More than 77 people have died in Orissa since the monsoons began in August. Flooding also killed at least 44 since Friday in northern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states.

    In Bihar, 13 people have died over the past three days when mud houses collapsed due to incessant rain, or trees fell on them, crushing residents. Rescue workers were helping people stranded on rooftops to move to government buildings on higher ground.

    In Patna, Bihar's capital, officials said flooding was grim in the northern districts as the water in the Ganges River was flowing above the danger level in many places.

    At least 500,000 people have been affected by floods as torrential rains and overflowing rivers inundated northern and central Bihar, said Vyas Ji, a government official in Patna.

     

    75 comments

    • Tiger222  •  8 mths ago
      It seem every year, when the rains come, India is unprepared for them...is there no planning for the rains?
      • s 8 mths ago
        why do twisters and hurricane blow atupid americans away, no planning i guess.
      • Karen 8 mths ago
        It floods in the good ole USA as well!! You would think those who live in the low lying areas would move but when its your home, you don't.
    • I was about to say...  •  8 mths ago
      We must be quick Congress. Send them a few billion $$ "right away"! We here at home with similar problems can wait for help.
    • Arkie  •  8 mths ago
      How many hundreds of millions of dollars will our government send to India to help with recovery from this disaster? Yet they can't help our own people who were flooded by the hurricanes?
    • itiswhatitis  •  8 mths ago
      Wow! These comments should be copied over to the FEMA story comment board.
      • dennis 8 mths ago
        Try fema concenraion camps ? google/yahoo
      • dennis 8 mths ago
        fema concentration camps
    • Deiv  •  8 mths ago
      The genteel people of the under-developed countries recover from disasters/calamities with not so much complaint but with dignified pride. They know the earth very well. They are very close to it.
    • Big Daddy  •  8 mths ago
      Disease will follow....horrific disaster yet again
    • Raghu  •  8 mths ago
      Are you people.... angry, jealous, sympathetic,cruel or is there any word in any language? You are dwelling away from the primary basics of human nature...if you can't feel for them then keep quiet... you don't have to express your hatred through your silly comments. So what if we pray rats...years ago you people hunted down humans and traded them as slaves.
      • grasence 8 mths ago
        Please report abuse. This cruel stuff here does not reflect how the majority of Americans feel. Most Americans give their time and their money to those in need, but not the few Americans that are sitting on their computers and typing hateful comments.
    • KC  •  8 mths ago
      These people absolutely need to be taken care of, and the burden should be with the Indian government.
    • B  •  8 mths ago
      10,000 is 0.0001 percent of a billion
      • Juan 8 mths ago
        i think they are are 1.2 already! They passed China.
    • Miachael  •  8 mths ago
      ...may our words be an expression of our true selves, an enlightened self knowing each is deserving of love- peace be with us, friends, in these troubling times - perhaps?
    • I was about to say...  •  8 mths ago
      Bulletin...Bulletin....24 killed, 13 seriously in massive flooding in India
    • TheWiz  •  8 mths ago
      We need to increase our involvment with India and let Pakistan die on the vine, and go get help from China...that'll screw China, big time.
    • downbutnotout  •  8 mths ago
      so how much is hillary going to give them? she did not seem to enourage anyone to help our fellow LEGAL American citizens who were impacted by the year's natural disasters here in the US
    • ObservingReader  •  8 mths ago
      Well wishes for the people of India affected by these storms. May they be rescued or given the supplies necessary to sustain their famlies.
    • TimeRiderAgain  •  8 mths ago
      Yes it floods in India almost every year for centuries! Monsoon rains bring high water in all low lying areas. Many of us do not understand why foreign governments cannot plan and take care of the problems their people face every day! Watch the movie City of Joy and read history of the cast system in India. I cannot understand the need to have so many children in China and India. Mexico runs a close 3rd! So please educate yourself before making so many negative comments!
    • Jim  •  8 mths ago
      Every year the same story. You would think they might just move to higher ground. This is getting old..Are they just NOT REAL BRIGHT???
    • xox  •  8 mths ago
      did any one save Peggy ?
    • amarachi  •  8 mths ago
      well, the adage "make haste while the sun shine" need to be apply in this country, the government should find a way of solving this india flood fact during dry season..............
    • PHIL  •  8 mths ago
      How many of us are tired of helping these people that dont seem to want to help themselves?
    • Corina  •  8 mths ago
      Another of many over-populated areas meeting with disaster. Is nature doing its best to thin out over-population? Learn a lesson, people. Stop giving birth to more babies than the earth can support.
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