Nearly 800,000 Displaced In Flooding In South India

Associated Press, New York Post
Sun, 08/19/2018 - 8:00am

CHENGANNUR, India — Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, officials said Sunday, as rescuers searched for people stranded in the worst-affected areas. The downpours that started Aug. 8 have triggered floods and landslides and caused homes and bridges...

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