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1 dead, 150,000 affected in northeast India floods [1]

Heavy monsoon rains have led the mighty Brahmaputra River to overflow its banks and submerge scores of villages in India's remote northeastern state of Assam.

District magistrate Anwaruddin Chowdhury says more than 150,000 people have been hit by floods in three districts of northern Assam.

Chowdhury said Sunday at least one person died after he was swept away by the strong current when he j

Publication Date: 
18/07/2011
Kantipur (Nepal) [2]
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India [3], Floods [4], Natural Disasters [5], North East [6], Brahmaputra [7], Assam [8]

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