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India:Flood:2001/08/26
Duration 2001/08/26 Nearly three million people have been displaced by the second wave of flooding this month in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Country or District India Name Flood
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others CNNnews 2001/09/08 displaced:2.8 million people
death :at least 39crops¡¡destroyed:55,000 hectares (136,000 acres)
damaged estimated:1.24 billion rupees ($26 million)highways and railways track and all communication with has been completely sanpped
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- BBCnews 2001/09/08
Indian floods cause chaos- BBCnews 2001/09/07
Death toll rise in India flood- CNN News 2001/08/25
India floods displace 3 million- CNN News 2001/08/25 (Japanese)
280 million people had forced to evacuate in Bihar, IndiaGeographycal Data Information
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