Death toll surpasses 200 in India floods, landslide

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New Delhi, Shawwal 19, 1436, August 04, 2015, SPA -- At least 215 people have died in floods and a landslide in India over the past week, a Home Ministry official said Tuesday, according to dpa. Eighty-three deaths were reported from the western state of Gujarat and 69 from eastern West Bengal. Most of the deaths were caused by lightening strikes, wall collapses, electrocution and drowning brought on by heavy rain and accompanying floods. Another 38 deaths in rain-related incidents were reported from Rajasthan, five from Odisha and four more from Manipur where on Saturday 20 people died in a landslide. --SPA 14:29 LOCAL TIME 11:29 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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