India monsoon floods kill at least 560, with thousands missing

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India monsoon floods kill at least 560, with thousands missing

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/india-monsoon-floods-kill-least-560-thousands-missing-063101300.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/O3gCfpvNGSWaCUQ5413v6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-22T063101Z_1_CBRE95L0I4100_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-INDIA-FLOODS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman is helped by a soldier to climb down a hill during a rescue operation at Govindghat in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand" align="left" title="A woman is helped by a soldier to climb down a hill during a rescue operation at Govindghat in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand" border="0" /></a>By Sruthi Gottipati NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Flash floods and landslides triggered by early monsoon rains have killed at least 560 people in northern India and left tens of thousands missing, officials said on Saturday, with the death toll expected to rise significantly. Houses and small apartment blocks on the banks of the Ganges, India's longest river and sacred to Hindus, have toppled into the rushing, swollen waters and been swept away with cars and trucks. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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