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India: Flash Flood: 2010/08/06 Country Information on DRR

Period 2010/08/06
Country or District India
Event Type Flash Flood
Outline At least 80 people were killed and more than 200 injured early Friday when heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides in the frontier town of Leh, police said.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Agence France-Presse (AFP) 2010/08/17
A total of 189 deaths have been recorded and another 400 people are missing.

Reuters AlertNet 2010/08/11
Flash floods and landslides in India\'s Himalayan region have killed 170 people and up to 300 people were still unaccounted for.

CNN.com 2010/08/09
The death toll from the devastation has risen to 145 people, according to the official Press Trust of India.

Reuters AlertNet 2010/08/07
Flash floods occurred in India killed at least 113 people.

CNN.com 2010/08/06
Rain-triggered floods kill at least 80 in Indian Kashmir