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India: Flood: 2001/08/26
| Period | 2001/08/26 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | India |
| Event Type | Flood |
| Outline | Nearly three million people have been displaced by the second wave of flooding this month in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
| CNNnews 2001/09/08 | ||
| displaced:2.8 million people death :at least 39 |
crops 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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280 million people had forced to evacuate in Bihar, India
