Mumbai paralyzed as Flood in India kills more than 1,000
Source: CBS news
The rains have led to wide-scale flooding in a broad arc stretching across the Himalayan foothills in the three countries, causing landslides, damaging roads and electric towers and washing away tens of thousands of homes and vast swathes of farmland.
Commuter trains shut down, buses were half-submerged under water and even the deluged airport had to divert flights to other cities. By Wednesday morning, most trains were running but traffic remained chaotic.
According to the Meteorological Department, more heavy rain was expected Wednesday and the local government asked all schools and colleges to shut down for a day.
Every year the city struggles to cope with the annual monsoon deluge, drawing criticism about its poor planning.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flood-in-india-mumbai-area-affected-south-asia-from-monsoon-rains-over-1000-dead/
underpants
(182,988 posts)Being sarcastic. I saw the headline earlier with 1,200 dead. How horrible. All of it.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)no live footages either (capital n doesn't work).
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Again the question arises about how to plan better for huge weather impacts.
Stuart G
(38,454 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)The lives of people in the rest of the world are unimportant to most Americans.
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hack89
(39,171 posts)and is due primarily because the Indian government refuses to invest in infrastructure and public safety.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Yet my first thought was that Trump couldn't spare one of his two functioning brain cells to offer sympathy to the people of India.
Of course, he couldn't point out India on a map. He'd probably think it was where his VP came from.
When will this be over? I'm a senior and don't want to die without seeing this disgrace to humanity being dealt with (legally).
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Schools shut down for a day