Vehicles pass along a water logged road as the waters of the Yamuna River rise in New Delhi on Thursday. Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies to
thousands of people stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India and neighboring Nepal, killing more than 160, officials said. AFP PHOTO
thousands of people stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India and neighboring Nepal, killing more than 160, officials said. AFP PHOTO
DEHRADUN, India: Thousands of Indian soldiers battled on Thursday to reach villages and towns cut off by flash floods and landslides in the country’s north as officials warned at least 1,000 people may have been killed.