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Floods maroon over a million in India

Wed, Aug 27, 2008

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Residents wade through the overflowing Koshi river in Sunsari, 250 miles southeast of Katmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday. The swollen river burst its banks just north of the border with India, and changed course to flow through a fresh channel around 75 miles to the east. Indian officials rushed soldiers and air force helicopters Wednesday to flood-ravaged parts of northern India to provide aid to the more than 1 million people stranded by a surging river.


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