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Floods
in India's Bihar Kill 60 People, Agence France Reports

By Pratik Parija

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- About 60 people have died and three
million people have been affected because of flooding in India's
Bihar state, the Agence France-Presse reported, citing government
officials it didn't identify.

More than 300,000 people trapped in floods, the country's worst
in five decades, have been rescued but nearly double that numbers
are stranded without food or water, the report said.

A breach of an embankment in Nepal occurred on Aug.
18 and flood waters entered the Supaul district of Bihar, situated 7
kilometers (5 miles) downstream in India. It also inundated the
districts of Madhepura, Araria, Purnea and Saharsa, according to the
government.

The diversion of the River Kosi's course resulted in the
inundation of villages and towns.

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in Nepal, where
thousands of Indian seeking shelter from floods in Bihar have also
migrated, AFP said.

The annual monsoon season, which usually runs from June to
September, brings heavy rain and flooding to many parts of the
country, as well as providing irrigation for crops. The nationwide
death toll from the monsoon is 1,700, the National Disaster
Management Division said on its Web site yesterday.

To contact the reporter on this story: Pratik
Parija in New Delhi at [email-masked].

Last Updated: August 30, 2008 08:31 EDT

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