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78 Dead in Nepal as Flooding Wreaks Havoc in South Asia

Associated Press

   GAUHATI, INDIA - Monsoon flooding and landslides continued to cause
   havoc in South Asia on Tuesday, with the death toll rising to 78 in
   Nepal and authorities in neighboring northeastern India battling to
   provide relief to over 4 million people in Assam state, officials said.

   Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center said more than 40,000
   soldiers and police were using helicopters and roads to rush food,
   tents and medicine to thousands of people hit by the annual flooding.
   Rescuers also were searching for 32 missing people.

   In Bangladesh, more than 100,000 people were affected by flooding in
   the north and forecasters warned that major rivers continued to swell
   across the country.

   Rivers burst their banks in the northern district of Lalmonirhat,
   marooning villages, news reports said, quoting local water board
   officials.

   In the Indian state of Assam, officials said floodwaters have killed at
   least 19 people and brought misery to some 4.5 million.

   More than 85,000 people have taken shelter in 187 state government-run
   camps in 30 of the state's 33 districts, the state disaster management
   authority said in a statement.
   

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