Floods in southern India

This item appears on page 17 of the January 2010 issue.

Torrential rainfalls from Sept. 30 to Oct. 9 led to the worst floods in 100 years in the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka regions of India, killing at least 300 people, leaving over 675,000 homeless, sending as many as two million to shelters and ruining crops over a vast area. 

 While some parts of India are suffering drought, in other areas the monsoons are producing more rain in fewer days, leading to overflowing rivers.