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Monsoon Flooding Death Toll Rises to 152 in South Asia

Associated Press

   GAUHATI, INDIA - Officials say the death toll has risen to 152 in
   monsoon flooding in South Asia as millions of people and animals
   continue to face the brunt in three countries.

   At least 90 people have died in Nepal and 50 in India's Assam state. A
   dozen people have been killed in neighboring Bangladesh.

   Shiv Kumar, a government official in Assam, said Saturday that 10 rare
   one-horned rhinos have died at the Kaziranga National Park after
   swirling gray waters of the Brahmaputra River burst its banks and
   entered the reserve.

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