At least 178 people have been killed in recent days by flooding
across India, authorities said Tuesday.
The floods and
heavy rains have affected an estimated 10 million people in both western and
eastern India, said Kuldeep Dhatwalia, a spokesman for the Home Ministry.
In western
states, 71 people have been killed in Gujarat, and 38 have died in Rajasthan, Dhatwalia
said. In West Bengal, an eastern state that borders Bangladesh, 69 deaths have
been reported, he said.
On Monday, an
official in West Bengal told CNN that hundreds of thousands of people had been
moved to relief camps.
Water from
overflowing river dams is exacerbating the crisis, said Javed Ahmed Khan, the
state's disaster management minister.
"We are
still struggling to control the situation," he told CNN.
n Myanmar, another
country in the region, heavy monsoon rains in the past month have left at
least 47 people dead and displaced more than 150,000 others.
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