By Bibhudatta Pradhan
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Floods in India's southern and eastern states caused by monsoon rains have killed at least 62 people in the last two days, taking the death toll in the South Asian nation to 2,827 for the June-September season.
Rains in the last week in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and Assam and Bihar in the east have triggered floods and landslides, which have led to the destruction of villages and devastation of crops, the home ministry's National Disaster Management unit said.
In Andhra Pradesh, as many as 21 people have died in the past three days and 4,390 families in 48 villages have been ``severely affected'' because of floods, the agency said on its Web site. Road transport has been disrupted and 16,581 hectares of crops have been damaged, it said.
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