Floods turn desert into "sea"


	Floods turn desert into "sea"

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8-28-2006 9:14 AM

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Deadly floods in India turn desert area into "sea" 
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JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Monsoon rains and flooding have
killed at least 130 people in India's western state of
Rajasthan, officials said on Monday, with huge swathes of
desert underwater.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/sc_nm/india_floods_dc_2"><P>Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in Barmer,
a sprawling district that borders Pakistan and is known for its
sand dunes and widely spread villages. Dozens of people are
missing.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/sc_nm/india_floods_dc_2"><P>"The desert looks like a sea. There is no place where one
can walk," Captain Saurabh Modi, an army officer who is
involved in relief operations in Barmer, told Reuters by
telephone.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/sc_nm/india_floods_dc_2"><P>Hundreds of people marooned on sand dunes, surrounded by
over 15 feet of water, were being rescued by military
helicopters and motorized navy dinghies.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060828/sc_nm/india_floods_dc_2"><P>Most of the deaths in Rajasthan in the week-long flooding
were caused by drowning and house collapses.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AD671AE5-96E8-44FB-A3C6-E3AF600F7244/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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