LD FLOODS 2LST

The flood situation in Kurnool and Mahbubnagar districts,
however, was under control, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
said as army troops rescued the marooned stranded on rooftops
of submerged houses.

Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers dropped food packets and
water sachets in the devastated areas as the officials said
over 13 lakh people had been hit in five districts in the
state due to the worst flooding in more than 100 years in the
Krishna river basin.

They said the monsoon fury had so far claimed 16 lives in
Mahabubnagar, 15 in Kurnool, three in Krishna, two in Nalgonda
and one in Guntur.

In Karnataka, where the death count had climbed to 168,
heavy rains and surging waters had flattened homes displacing
nearly 1,77,400 people who had taken shelter in relief camps.

Home Minister V S Acharya said in Bangalore the death
toll was likely to mount as 21 people were feared buried under
the rubble of homes destroyed in a landslide unleashed by the
rains at Karwar in Uttara Kannada district.

Eight helicopters and 73 boats had been engaged in relief
and rescue operations in the state, he said.

"Arrangements have been made to air drop food packets to
the marooned and 21,200 such packets have already been dropped
in Bellary and Bagalkot districts," the Home Minister said.
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