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PHOTOS: Monsoon floods hit India
03 Jul 2008 10:41:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
 

School girls hold onto a wall as they try to make their way through a flooded street outside their school, after heavy rains in the northern Indian city of Allahabad July 1, 2008. India's annual monsoon rains, crucial to farm output and economic growth, are expected to be 98 percent of the average between 1941 and 1990, the Indian Meteorological Department said on Monday. REUTERS/ Jitendra Prakash (INDIA)
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A man wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in Mumbai July 1, 2008. A heavy monsoon downpour flooded streets and disrupted transport in Mumbai on Tuesday, with city officials advising citizens to stay indoors. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)
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A family sits inside their flooded house after heavy rains in Mumbai July 1, 2008. A heavy monsoon downpour flooded streets and disrupted transport in Mumbai on Tuesday, with city officials advising citizens to stay indoors. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)
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Children sleep inside their flooded house after heavy rains in Mumbai July 1, 2008. A heavy monsoon downpour flooded streets and disrupted transport in Mumbai on Tuesday, with city officials advising citizens to stay indoors. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)
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Slum dwellers collect drinking water from a submerged hand-pump after heavy rains in the northern Indian city of Allahabad June 29, 2008. REUTERS/ Jitendra Prakash (INDIA)
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People stand at the entrance of their flooded residential building after heavy rains in Mumbai July 1, 2008. A heavy monsoon downpour flooded streets and disrupted transport in Mumbai on Tuesday, with city officials advising citizens to stay indoors. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe ( INDIA)
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People wade through a flooded road after heavy rain in Mumbai July 1, 2008. A heavy monsoon downpour flooded streets and disrupted transport in Mumbai on Tuesday, with city officials advising citizens to stay indoors. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)
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