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Death toll from India floods climbs to 99 GUWAHATI, India, Monday (AFP) Ninety-nine people have now died in India's monsoon-linked floods with up to three million people displaced, a government official said Monday. Three people drowned in the northeastern state of Assam Sunday, taking the death toll in the region from the floods that began mid-June to 64, the official said. The other deaths have been reported from the eastern provinces of Bihar and West Bengal. The floods have so far displaced close to three million people in the northeast, the official said. "Some 400,000 houses were damaged in floods in 18 of the state's 24 districts ... with the overall situation deteriorating very fast," said Assam's chief minister Tarun Gogoi. "The approximate loss caused by the floods is estimated at about 10 billion rupees (222 million dollars)," he added. Indian soldiers using boats and helicopters have rescued thousands of marooned people across Assam. |
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