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India:Flood:2008/08/20

Duration	2008/08/20	Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains left some 50,000 people homeless in Indias remote northeast, officials said on Wednesday, warning of more rains in one of the countrys most flood-prone regions.
Country or District	India
Name	Flood

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
National Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs
[BIHAR] Dead: 54 Affected: 3,065,000 (1704 villages in 16 districts)	[BIHAR] Damaged houses: 283,797

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Report/Articles National Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs Flood Situation Report of August 2008 CNN.com 2008/08/28 By 28 August 2008, 47 deaths had been reported, the government said. Another 2.6 million people in 1,600 villages have been affected. CNN.com 2008/08/21 Heavy monsoon rains lashed northern India -- triggering floods, destroying mud huts and killing at least 74 people, officials said Thursday Reuters AlerNet 2008/08/20 Floods force thousands to flee homes in India, Nepal

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