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India: Flash Flood: 2003/07/16 Country Information on DRR

Period 2003/07/16
Country or District India
Event Type Flash Flood
Outline Heavy rains are hampering efforts to rescue survivors after flash floods killed at least 19 people at a construction site in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Report/Articles

Reuters AlertNet 2003/07/17
South Asia's annual monsoon, which began in June.

CNN news 2003/07/16
At least 100 people were killed in northern India when a flash flood swept through a make-shift tent site where laborers were sleeping, local police say.

BBC news 2003/07/17
Rains hamper Indian flood rescue

Pictures

BBC news 2003/07/18
In Pictures: Monsoon season