Flood Crisis in India Grows Worse - Millions Affected
Devasting floods in India's eastern states of Orissa, West Bengal and Jharkhand is getting worse.
More than eight million people have been impacted and thousands have had to leave their homes due to rising waters.
The army has been deployed in the state of Jharkhand - where nearly two and half million people have been affected by torrential rain - the heaviest for six decades, according to officials.
Five people have died in the wet weather in West Bengal and four in Orissa, officials said.
"We have not been able to reach thousands of people encircled by flood waters on all sides as road links have been badly damaged and the swirling water of the rivers is making the movement of boats difficult," a senior official engaged in the Orissa relief operation told the BBC.
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The district of Lakhimpur in Assam is one of the worst hit
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Nearly 40,000 people in the state's low lying areas have been evacuated to safer places.
The Orissa government started air-dropping food to inaccessible areas on Thursday morning.
Forecasters are worried that more flooding is on the way in the soggy reagion. Holy Shiva!
