Monsoon toll in India 700
August 23, 2008 LUCKNOW (AFP) - More than 700 people have died in flooding and storms across India since the monsoon hit in June, officials said Friday after reporting 27 more dead in Uttar Pradesh.
India’s most populated state has accounted for 660 deaths, relief commissioner G K Tandon told AFP in the local capital Lucknow.
The majority of victims died when their homes collapsed, while lightning claimed 75 lives in the northern state, he said.
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