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28-08-2008
- Flood Update
Indian Prime Minister says floods
in the northern state of Bihar are a "national
calamity".
27-08-2008 -
Bihar Flood Appeal Initiated
Over a
million people have been affected by floods in three
districts of the northern Indian state of Bihar
Bihar's
districts of Supaul, Araria and Madhepura which border Nepal
are the worst affected.
Officials say
that crops on tens of thousands of hectares of land have
been damaged by the Bihar floods.
The death toll
from the floods has already climbed past 800, and now some
1.2 million people have been marooned and about 2 million
more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar, where the
Kosi river has burst its banks, breached safety embankments
and submerged all roads leading to the region.
Please donate
today and help the suffering people in Bihar. Further assessments are being carried out for medium and
long term projects. UWT has already allocated £100,000
for this crisis.
- 3 Million People Homeless.
- 50,000 People Killed.
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