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ANDHRA PRADESH IS KNOWN AS THE RICE BOWL OF INDIA
Andhra Pradesh is situated on the country’s southeastern coast. It is India’s fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh)
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PICTURES: Floods kill at least 18 in eastern
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Floods in southeast India kill 39, force thousands to evacuate villages
Villagers wade through floodwaters to reach safer areas in Khurda district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Low pressure induced rains has flooded several parts of the state leaving hundreds of thousands marooned even as choppers launched rescue operations Friday, according to news reports. The area was hit by a powerful cyclone two weeks ago. (AP / Biswaranjan Rout)
Published Saturday, October 26, 2013 7:08AM EDT
NEW DELHI — Days of torrential rains have unleashed floods in southeast India that have killed dozens of people and forced the evacuation of more than 70,000 others from hundreds of low-lying villages.
As of Saturday, 39 people had died in flood-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states since the rains began Monday, according to officials quoted by the Press Trust of India. Many drowned when swept away by surging waters or were killed when weakened walls collapsed onto them.
Hundreds of villages were inundated and crops were being ruined in the so-called Rice Bowl of India. Railway services have been suspended along routes where tracks were submerged or damaged.
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Aljazeera
Tens of thousands flee southeast India floods
At least 39 people killed and thousands evacuated as torrential rains wreak havoc in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa states.
Last Modified: 26 Oct 2013 11:14
Days of torrential rains in southeast India have unleashed floods that have blocked roads, halted trains and forced the evacuation of nearly 70,000 people from hundreds of low-lying villages.
The Press Trust of India on Saturday cited Andhra Pradesh state officials as saying that 39 people had died in flood-related incidents since the rains began Monday.
Villages were inundated and crops were being ruined in the so-called Rice Bowl of India. Many drowned when swept away by surging waters or were killed when weakened walls collapsed onto them.
Railway services have also been suspended along routes where tracks were damaged.
The local Disaster Management Department said evacuated residents were sheltering in 178 camps, while relief workers in boats and helicopters were working to help or rescue hundreds of thousands stranded by floods that have swamped both coastal and inland regions along rivers.
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