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Seven Million Flood Victims in India New Delhi, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Orissa, most affected by recent flooding, have registered so far seven million victims. Official sources give a preliminary number of dead as 1,521 since the heavy monsoon rains began last June. Bihar is the most devastated, with over one million hectares destroyed, and food delivery to the victims is slow. The government created some 800 shelters to aid 550,000 homeless while 6,000 villages are flooded. Humanitarian organizations and UN agencies are distributing relief among 28 million displaced fleeing the floods in southern Asia.