Monsoon floods
in northern India have now killed at least 138 people. Officials in the state of Uttarakhand, famous for its many Hindu temples, said they
were the worst ever known in the area.
Three thousand
troops have been deployed to help with the rescue effort, as landslips and
flash floods have been making the situation worse, and more rains are forecast
from June 22. Twelve thousand pilgrims are stranded at the shrine of Badrinath.
Because of rising river levels, more
than 40 villages have been evacuated. Roads have been closed and crops
destroyed, and there are fears of food shortages and possibly disease as bodies
are left unburied.
Last August up to 50 people were
killed in Uttarakhand when heavy rains triggered a series of flash floods.
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