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Heavy Flooding in Nepal

Posted by admin On August - 23 - 2008

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More than 50 000 people fled their homes after dam collapsed in south Nepal. So far 19 000 people have been affected by this dam collapse. Nepal is facing lack of food and health officials are now concerned about an outbreak waterborne diseases. They say 6 people have die so far. About 28 million people were affected by the floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal last year, in which more than 400 people died.

Source: BBC

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2 Responses to “Heavy Flooding in Nepal”

  1. admin says:
    August 29, 2008 at 3:51 am

    After Kosi river change course 55 people have die and water is 2.5m high.
    To see how river have change go here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7586824.stm
    Officials say 181 of the deaths have occurred in the eastern districts from encephalitis carried by mosquitoes breeding on the water.

  2. admin says:
    September 1, 2008 at 2:47 am

    Pressure is building on the Indian government to do more for half a million people stranded by devastating floods in the state of Bihar.
    With 1.2 million people homeless, India is struggling to cope with the crisis.
    See video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7591057.stm

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