Hundreds Killed in India Flooding

The crazy weather continues....this time in India where hundreds are dead from monsoon rains with even more expected.

GOVINDGHAT, India (AP) — Soldiers were working to evacuate tens of thousands of people still stranded Saturday in northern India where nearly 600 people have been killed in monsoon flooding and landslides.

 

With bad weather and heavy rainfall predicted over the next two days, there was an added urgency to reach the approximately 50,000 people still stranded in the flood-hit Uttarakhand state, federal Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.

Since helicopters could rescue only small groups of people at a time, Shinde said army troops were opening up another road route to the Hindu temple town of Kedarnath, worst hit by the floods. More than 250 people have taken shelter in Kedarnath's main temple and are waiting to be rescued, he said.

Bridges and roads were washed away or blocked by debris. Shinde said air force helicopters were dropping food and drinking water to those stranded in inaccessible areas. More than 35,000 people have been rescued from the worst-hit districts over the past five days.

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