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India: Flood: 2002/07/28 Country Information on DRR

Period 2002/07/28
Country or District India
Event Type Flood
Outline Torrential rains caused fresh floods in the eastern Indian state of Bihar during the weekend, killing six more people, relief officials said as the state called for more help from the army
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/07/31
More than 10 million people have been affected and almost 300 people were killed due to floods 20,000 houses have been damaged and the loss of public properties 76 people have died from waterborne diseases, since the beginning of the monsoons rains

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Report/Articles

CNN news 2002/08/03
The monsoon floods have left 560 people dead in India, Nepal and Bangladesh in the past month.

Reuters news 2002/08/03
Disease Spreads as Floods Recede in South Asia

BBC news 2002/08/02
South Asia floods claim more lives

OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/07/31
Almost 300 people were killed due to floods.More than 20,000 houses have been damaged and the loss of public properties. More than 80 people were killed.

yahoo!news 2002/07/28
Floods in eastern India kill six more people

Geographycal Data

The map released by ReiefWeb and the scale of the damage