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DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIA June 28, 2012

DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIA June 28, 2012. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA.

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DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIA June 28, 2012

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  1. DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ASSAM STATE, INDIAJune 28, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. The Brahmaputra River overflowed during monsoon rains over the past week, flooding more than 2,000 villages and destroying homes in the northeast of the country

  3. FLOOD: ASSAM STATE; JUNE 28, 2012

  4. WILD BUFFALO GOING TO HIGHER GROUND; JUNE 28

  5. STRANDED IN NAELENI VILLAGE: JUNE 28

  6. SOME OF THE 500,000 EVACUEES: JUNE 29

  7. ELDERLY AND YOUNG EVACUEES: JUNE 29

  8. HOMELESS BULUT VILLAGE FAMILY: JUNE 30

  9. PUMPING DRINKING WATER: BULUT VILLAGE; JUNE 30

  10. WORST FLOODING IN RECENT HISTORY • Ninety-five dead • Over 2 million homeless. • Half a million evacuees are living in relief camps with disease prone conditions • Damaging landslides hindered relief operations

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