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Floods in southeast India kill 39, force thousands to evacuate villages
Villagers wade through floodwaters to reach safer areas in Khurda district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Low pressure induced rains has flooded several parts of the state leaving hundreds of thousands marooned even as choppers launched rescue operations Friday, according to news reports. The area was hit by a powerful cyclone two weeks ago. (AP / Biswaranjan Rout)
The Associated Press
NEW DELHI — Days of torrential rains have unleashed floods in southeast India that have killed dozens of people and forced the evacuation of more than 70,000 others from hundreds of low-lying villages.
As of Saturday, 39 people had died in flood-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states since the rains began Monday, according to officials quoted by the Press Trust of India. Many drowned when swept away by surging waters or were killed when weakened walls collapsed onto them.
Hundreds of villages were inundated and crops were being ruined in the so-called Rice Bowl of India. Railway services have been suspended along routes where tracks were submerged or damaged.
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