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June 20, 2013

India monsoon floods leave 120 dead
Dehradun, India (AFP) June 19, 2013
Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 120 people, officials said. Thousands of people have already been evacuated after floods and landslides caused by early monsoon rains forged a path of devastation through two tourist states in the Himalayas, officials said. "As of now we know that over 65,000 people are stranded," Home Minister Sushil Kuma ... read more

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