Incessant rainfall has flooded much of northern India a month ahead of schedule. Miriam Berger reports.
Incessant rainfall has flooded much of northern India a month ahead of schedule. Miriam Berger reports.
Torrential monsoon rains had caused landslides and bad flood in the northern state of Uttrakhand, India.
At least 100 people were killed.
The flood and landslides washed away roads and nearly two dozen bridges and demolished 365 houses and partially damaged hundreds of others.
Nearly 63,000 people were still stranded.
The flooded Yamuna river caused flood in some area in New Delhi.
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A stranded mouse rests on a stick next to the rising waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ANIMALS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
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A man wades through a flooded alley at a shopping arcade after heavy monsoon rains caused the rise in waters of Yamuna river in New Delhi June 20, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER
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Girls wade through a flooded alley at a shopping arcade after heavy monsoon rains caused the rise in waters of Yamuna river in New Delhi June 20, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
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A Tibetan refugee wades through flood waters along the banks of the river Yamuna to reach safer place, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. With heavy rainfall in northern India several cusec of water have been released from barrages upstream flooding the banks of the Yamuna along Delhi. At least 102 people have died and 63,000 people remain stranded in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand following torrential monsoon rains, landslides and cloud bursts. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Vehicles are submerged in the rising waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)
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A car is abandoned in rubble from a landslide in Tehri, the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. A joint army and air force operation evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area by torrential monsoon rains and landslides in northern India, but nearly 63,000 people remain cut off, a senior official said Wednesday. (AP Photo)
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A man rows past a bus partly submerged in flood water in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded. (AP Photo)
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A resident carries his belongings through an alley flooded with the rising water level of river Yamuna after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
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A man stands on the banks of the flooded river Yamuna after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY
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Residents use a boat to secure their belongings from a flooded colony after heavy monsoon rains caused the rise in waters of Yamuna river in New Delhi June 20, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER
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- A stranded mouse rests on a stick next to the rising waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ANIMALS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
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- A man wades through a flooded alley at a shopping arcade after heavy monsoon rains caused the rise in waters of Yamuna river in New Delhi June 20, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER
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- Girls wade through a flooded alley at a shopping arcade after heavy monsoon rains caused the rise in waters of Yamuna river in New Delhi June 20, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
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- A Tibetan refugee wades through flood waters along the banks of the river Yamuna to reach safer place, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. With heavy rainfall in northern India several cusec of water have been released from barrages upstream flooding the banks of the Yamuna along Delhi. At least 102 people have died and 63,000 people remain stranded in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand following torrential monsoon rains, landslides and cloud bursts. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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- Vehicles are submerged in the rising waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)
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- A car is abandoned in rubble from a landslide in Tehri, the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. A joint army and air force operation evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area by torrential monsoon rains and landslides in northern India, but nearly 63,000 people remain cut off, a senior official said Wednesday. (AP Photo)
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- A man rows past a bus partly submerged in flood water in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded. (AP Photo)
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- A resident carries his belongings through an alley flooded with the rising water level of river Yamuna after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
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- A man stands on the banks of the flooded river Yamuna after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi June 19, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY
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- Residents use a boat to secure their belongings from a flooded colony after heavy monsoon rains caused the rise in waters of Yamuna river in New Delhi June 20, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER
