Published: Monday, 6 August, 2007, 02:03 AM Doha Time
NEW DELHI: Heavy rains yesterday continued to wreak havoc and misery for millions of people across four states -Assam, Bihar, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh - as the UN described the current floods in South Asia as the "worst in living memory". Even as Congress party president and Home Minister Shivraj Patil prepared to visit flooded areas of Bihar, the meteorological department in Bhuvaneswar warned of more rain in the next 48 hours in Orissa.
The death toll from raging floods in India neared 1,100 yesterday as more people drowned in swollen rivers that have stranded millions in their homes, officials said.
Four people died overnight in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll to 123 in the northern state where 2,400 villages have been cut off by the floods, a government spokesman said
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