Indian floods kill 93 in desert state
At least 93 people were killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods caused by monsoon rains that have swamped the normally drought-prone desert state of Rajasthan, reports said yesterday.
Eight more bodies were recovered Sunday in the state's Barmer district, where the majority of the flood-related deaths have occurred, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
The district is near the border with Pakistan, or about 887km west of the Indian capital New Delhi.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. State officials, citing the numbers of people still missing, said Sunday that the death toll could reach as high as 300, the report said.
Government officials had announced Saturday that 51 bodies had been recovered from Barmer, where vast swathes of land remained under water according to aerial footage shown on Indian television.
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