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PATNA, India, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Flood victims in eastern India were eating raw wheat flour to survive as devastating monsoon flooding in South Asia continued to spread misery among millions. Nearly 2,000 people have been killed by snake bites, drowning,…
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DHAKA, Aug 26, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) The death toll from flood-related incidents in Bangladesh rose to 702 by Sunday morning, private news agency UNB reported. Meanwhile, the flood situation has improved greatly with all but two rivers flowing below…
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DHAKA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Bangladesh health and relief workers went to flood-hit areas after authorities relaxed a curfew in six cities including the capital, officials said on Saturday. The interim government relaxed the curfew from 6 a.m. (0000 GMT)…
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Disease outbreak situation: From 30 July to date (25 August 2007), 101790 cases with 19 deaths from diarrhoea have been recorded from the flood affected areas in Bangladesh. (Case Fatality Rate = 0.02%). The following 2 tables show the…
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DHAKA, Aug 24, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The number of people who died of flood-related causes in Bangladesh reached 662 till Thursday, local newspaper The Daily Star reported Friday quoting official statistics. Of the total, 585 people drowned, snakebite killed…
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Cáritas. 24 de agosto de 2007.- Más de la mitad de la superficie de Bangladesh y amplias regiones de la India permanecen bajo las aguas un mes después de las intensas lluvias monzónicas que azotan toda la región desde…
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After dispatching emergency response personnel to India and Bangladesh, which were ravaged by weeks of monsoon flooding, AmeriCares coordinated efforts to deliver life-saving relief to help some of the millions of people who are displaced and suffering. In India, where…
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Extended flooding in Bangladesh has caused hunger and displacement for seven million people. The majority of the victims are poor sharecroppers and agricultural laborers who are without any means of income or saved resources. The spread of disease is a…
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DHAKA 23rd August 2007: A bamboo-based design that would raise family homes safely above water levels is a central concept in Habitat for Humanity's proposed response to the recent devastating flooding in Bangladesh. The idea was welcomed by villagers when Habitat…
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Vatican City, 23 August 2007 - More than half of Bangladesh and parts of India are still under water after a month of heavy monsoon flooding. Caritas fears the situation will worsen as heavy rains continue to fall across…
