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December 3, 2015

India: Flooding Kills 269 People, Cuts off Services for 3 Million 
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In India, catastrophic flooding in the southern city of Chennai has
killed at least 269 people and cut off basic services for more than
three million people as the army and air force continue rescue
operations. The flooding is being described as the worst in more than a
century. On Wednesday, one of India's oldest newspapers, The Hindu, was
not printed for the first time in 137 years because the flooding had
made the printing presses inaccessible. Meteorologists have predicted
the torrential downpours will continue for another three days. The
flooding has also killed at least 54 people in the nearby state of
Andhra Pradesh.

 

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