Flooding in India Has Killed at Least 107
Torrential rains in Tibet that sent a river surging over its banks in neighboring India have washed away 1,000 houses and killed at least 107 people, an official said Wednesday.
Rescuers, hampered by two days of rain and the loss of their mules in the floods, feared many more bodies would be found in the mountain gorges when the water subsides, officials said.
Thirty bridges were damaged by the downpour and flooding along a 180-mile stretch of the Sutlej River, said B. D. Sharma, the press secretary of Himachal Pradesh state. Details remained sketchy because telephone lines were damaged.
The state is popular among Western tourists for its numerous trekking routes.
It was not immediately known if any foreigners were killed or injured.
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