India: Floods [DHA-02: 29-Oct-96]

                               INDIA - FLOODS
                     DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
                               29 OCTOBER 1996



       1.  UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR HAS ADVISED THAT, IN THE STATES OF
       ANDHRA PRADESH, TAMIL NADU, KERALA AND KARNATAKA, WHICH WERE
       HIT BY HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL RAINS MID OCTOBER 1996, 388 PERSONS
       HAVE BEEN KILLED, APPROXIMATELY 53,000 HOUSES HAVE BEEN
       DAMAGED, AND MORE THAN 45,000 HEADS OF CATTLE WERE LOST.



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