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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-04-07 09:55 PM
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Millions displaced by Southeast Asian floods
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20070475

Hospitals in eastern India were packed on Saturday with people suffering from waterborne diseases, and marooned villagers clashed with police as some of the worst floods in living memory ravaged South Asia.

More than 230 people have died over the past 11 days after torrential monsoon rains lashed the region, including much of Bangladesh, causing rivers to burst their banks.

About 10 million people are homeless or cut off in their villages, with little or no access to food and health care.

Health workers and aid groups in Assam in northeast India were working around the clock to treat and feed many of the 3 million people displaced or surrounded by flood waters in the state with the limited medicines and supplies available.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 02:19 AM
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1. This is truly horrible
Do you know of any groups that are co-ordinating emergency relief?
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