26 die from floods in India

[nadinbrzezinski]

New Dehli, India (CNN) -- At least 26 people have died in flooding in eastern India over the past week, but waters are now receding, authorities say.

There were also 12 people missing in the flood-hit state of Orissa, according to officials.

Orissa's special relief commissioner, P.K. Mohapatra, told CNN that authorities have set up hundreds of free food kitchens for about 170,000 residents, displaced temporarily by the deluge.

Floods swamped 19 of Orissa's 30 districts last week after what he explained were excess monsoon rains in a neighboring region.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/india.floods/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

[Swede]

1. Pakistan is getting flooded,too.

Cholera and hepatitis outbreaks because of sewage in the water.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Yup I know

http://posterous.com/#spaces/nadinbrzezinski/posts/70271190

[On the Road]

3. That is Too Bad

and the lack of development in rural areas does not help.

I have had a long-term desire to spend a monsoon season in India when I retire. But obviously you've got be careful.