India Flood News

Indian floods still strand 220,000
Monsoon flooding has killed at least 16 people and left more than 220,000 marooned in villages in eastern India as incessant rains caused a river to breach its banks in several places, an official said.

Flood woes continue in Orissa
More than 20 lakh people across 17 districts of Orissa were affected by severe floods in the Mahanadi River system on Saturday. At least 16 persons were killed while lakhs of villagers were marooned by sea of floodwaters. Deaths were reported from Jajpur, Angul, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Bolangir districts.

After Orissa, North India gets hit
As 17 districts of Orissa went under water on Saturday, heavy rains and inclement weather played havoc in different parts of north India, claiming more than 100 lives and posing a threat to standing crops.

Indian Floods Maroon 1 Million as River Rises, Press Trust Says
Parts of India's eastern state of Orissa was flooded by the rising Mahanadi river, marooning more than a million people, Press Trust of India reported, citing Manmohan Samal, the disaster management minister.

India floods, rain kill at least 32
Thousands of people were evacuated and at least 16 swept away in eastern Orissa state after four rivers burst their banks and inundated scores of villages, officials said Saturday.