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Food Dropped to Indian Villagers
Food Dropped to Indian Villagers

Food Dropped to Indian Villagers

(Newser) - Helicopters dropped food today to some two million Indian villagers left stranded by heavy monsoon rains, the AP reports. Floods in South Asia have driven 19 million from their homes and left hundreds dead. Villagers have been killed by collapsing houses, violent waters and even panicked rhinos as neck-deep water...

Floods Devastate South Asia
Floods Devastate South Asia

Floods Devastate South Asia

Millions are displaced; huge areas are underwater

(Newser) - Some of the worst flooding in living memory has hit Northern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, where three weeks of heavy rains have caused rivers to rise as much as 30 feet.  Over 12 million acres of farmland is underwater, and almost 20 million people have been displaced.

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