The heaviest monsoon rains to lash India in 25 years have killed more than 1,600 people since June
NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW - , government data showed on Tuesday, as authorities battled floods in two northern states and muddy waters swirled inside a major city.
The extended rains have wreaked havoc, with northern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states the worst hit in the latest spell of intense downpours, killing 144 people since last Friday, two officials said. Saket Kumar Singh, who lives in the city’s Boring Road area, said he was stranded for four days, with about two feet of water inside his house.In neighboring Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, heavy rains have brought down more than 800 homes and swathes of farmland are submerged.
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