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Flash Floods in Karnataka; heavy death toll

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Report: Dozens more die in south Indian floods, death toll rises to 102

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 35 more people died Friday after flash floods washed away thousands of homes in southern India, pushing the death toll from this week's heavy rains to 102, officials and media said.

In worst-hit Karnataka state, floods have destroyed at least 26,000 houses, submerged roads and snapped communication links in many areas.

On Friday, district officials in Karnataka reported the deaths of 35 people, pushing the death toll over the past two days to 86, with many more people reported missing, the Press Trust of India news agency said.

Army troops have begun rescue operations and helicopters are dropping food and drinking water packets in the worst-affected areas, about 600 kilometers (375 miles) north of the state capital, Bangalore.

Scores of villages in 11 districts in northern Karnataka were submerged and people had fled to higher ground, a top official said. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,6740351.story
I'm told by people actually 'there' that it's not good at all.

And, don't want to say this, next will will come the botched cleanup efforts and a few 'communicable' diseases, I'm afraid.
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Oddly, I was wondering where to post a request for information from our Karnataka/AP members about this.

I was also recalling that I have counted over twenty deaths in just two road accidents within the past three weeks.

India. Death. No, not news, I'm afraid.
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Originally Posted by Nick-H View Post Oddly, I was wondering where to post a request for information from our Karnataka/AP members about this.

I was also recalling that I have counted over twenty deaths in just two road accidents within the past three weeks.

India. Death. No, not news, I'm afraid.
I believe the scope of this tragedy deserves a thread of it's own.

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I'm hearing more on the scene stories from my family and friends in the area this morning (all well, thanks)and it seems worse than what is being reported.
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Yes it does. Not the tragedy alone, but the fact that many travellers are stranded, trains and flights hit....

I would have started a thread in the News section but have to go out.
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There was a member recently posting about staying in a village in the Mahabubnagar district. Apparently that area is badly affected.

I have friends nearer the coast; Tenali, near Vijayawada, and they have family very near the river in what, from Google Earth, looks to be a very tiny village. They've been OK in AP floods in the past...
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Worst in a hundred years, the papers say.

Maharashtra, Goa(localised), AP and Karnataka

Trains and flights hit in some places, travellers stranded, a few hundred dead so far (officially at least), army and airforce out..

Kurnool, Bijapur and a few others seem to be particularly bad.
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Originally Posted by Nick-H View Post There was a member recently posting about staying in a village in the Mahabubnagar district. Apparently that area is badly affected.
Yes Nick.. here: Weather in Andhra Pradesh at the end of October? . Problem is ( I have family and other attachments to that broad area) this is a drought prone area and not exactly prepared for flooding.

As I said before too, the water will drain away but that will bring with it heat,dampness, flies and disease.... Hope not.
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Pictures from the flooded areas in AP:

http://www.eenadu.net/varada.htm
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Déjà vu?

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Hyderabad observes 100th anniversary of Musi flood

Mohammed Siddique in Hyderabad | September 29, 2008 09:07 IST


Hyderabad on Sunday observed the 100th anniversary of the 'Great Musi floods', which had killed thousands of people and wiped out a large part of the city in September 1908. The city paid rich tributes to a tamarind tree, which had saved 150 lives.

A large number of people, including prominent writers, poets, academicians and environmental activists gathered under the historic 300-year-old tamarind tree on the banks of river Musi in the Osmania Hospital complex and paid their respect to the victims of the flood by observing two minutes silence.

The commemorative meeting, organised by Centre for Deccan Studies and Forum for Better Hyderabad along with several other organisations, urged the government to accord heritage status to the tamarind tree, which had saved 150 people during the devastating flood on September 28, 1908.

"I am yet to come across a person who has saved 150 lives. This tree is a sort of a hero who has saved so many lives on that day. To me the value of this tree is equivalent to 150 human lives," said Sajjad Shahid, secretary, Centre for Deccan Studies. He expressed his anger and dismay over the reports that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation were to axe the saviour tree along with other trees to widen the road...... http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/29hyd.htm
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What terrible news -- so sad for those people.
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I saw the news on NDTV and BBC World News yesterday - could hardly believe it. I have never seen devastation in India like this in recent memory. It is horrendous and so sad for families affected.
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What a disaster, I'm so sad for families. Now I'm in dubt I think I have to cancel my trip to Anantapur..
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This is terrible,terrible news.

Condolences to all the Affected people in the region.

Mother nature is causing havoc around the world.


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The Hindu, today.

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HYDERABAD/BANGALORE: The threat of floods looms large over thousands of people in Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh as 10.5 lakh cusecs water was being released from the Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada on Monday. The death toll in the heavy rains in several northern districts of Karnataka increased to 194 with 25 unidentified bodies found in several places.

Already, several island villages in the Krishna estuary have been inundated, while many more in the Diviseema region, which was devastated by a cyclone in 1977, are rapidly getting submerged. As many as 30 villages upstream of the barrage are marooned since the structure is unable to discharge the massive inflows it is receiving from the Nagarjunasagar.

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Over two lakh people have already been rendered homeless by the fresh floods.

Traffic on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad National Highway 9 has been diverted as several stretches are lying under water. Railway authorities are anxiously watching the water level downstream of the Prakasam Barrage since the Krishna is nearly touching the rail bridge connecting Vijayawada to Chennai. Nandyal town in Kurnool district continues to be cut off. The death toll in the floods, ravaging the State since October 1, now stands at 52.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/06/stor...0657430100.htm


and, the Indian Express

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HYDERABAD: Hundreds of trucks, buses and other vehicles were stranded at several places on National Highway Number 7 (NH-7), which connects Hyderabad and
Bangalore, due to breaches caused by the unprecedented rains in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Officials say that it will take at least two days to restore normal traffic on the arterial road.

NH-7, which is one of the major national highways passing through the State, was breached at several places by the flood waters of furious Tungabhadra river.
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/s...20Siva%20Reddy
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Thanks for these updates, Captain. Unfortunately, not good news at all. Vast areas are being affected too. It's terrible.
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