Friday, August 11, 2006

Floods



We mentioned in a previous blog that it had rained quite a bit in Hyderabad. It turns out that we have actually been very fortunate because the rain continued throughout our state and also in many other states on the west coast. In our state alone, over 100 people have died and around 250,000 families have been displaced. One city on the west coast of India is 90% under water. It really shows how under-developed the infrastructure is over here and, despite having monsoon weather every year, millions of people have been affected.

We didn't think this would be covered in the western news, so wanted to let you all know.

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