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India: Flood: 2003/08/05
GLIDE: FL-2003-000387-IND
| Period | 2003/08/05 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | India |
| Event Type | Flood |
| Outline | Six weeks of monsoon rains have triggered landslides and flooding that has killed more than 26 people and has left 400 families homeless in Darjeeling, a small town in the northeastern Himalayan region of India. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
| Mercy Corps 2003/08/05 | ||
| Dead: more than 26 people |
Destroyed: 400 houses |
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Report/Articles
CNN News 2003/08/08
For the second time in less than a month, flash floods in northern India have swept through a makeshift tent site where laborers were sleeping, killing 14 and injuring 18, local police said
Yahoo asia News 2003/08/08
A fierce thunderstorm near a Himalayan resort washed away the tents of workers building a mountain tunnel, killing at least 24 people, police said Friday
OCHA Situation Report 2003/08/05
Flooding, landslides devastate Indian community