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1993 India floods

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and other plant species across the states. Bihar state also suffered a heavy loss where floods evacuated thousands of people, including 2.35 million people from Assam state while 250 villages came under floods and 1.6 million people went homeless. The state's three trains with 250 passengers also
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On 7 July 1993, heavy monsoon caused flash floods and landslides, leading to extensive damage to human lives, crops, livestock, and housing across the seven to eight states in India such as
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that occurred in July 1993 across eight states in the north of the country. Severe floods left 530 fatalities and millions people went homeless, including from
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to combat the disaster by evacuating people from 1,500 affected villages. Army along with police and NGOs were actively involved in relief dispatch,
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Extreme volume of water in several rivers caused floods killing more than 530 people and damaged crops, including rice,
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with 350 deaths was the most affected state where "1.2 million acres of crops" were extensively damaged, mostly from
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leaves several fatalities with millions of worth property damage. However, rainwater is recognized one of the
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swept away major railway tracks, roads, and bridges, leading to disrupt the communications between the
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in Punjab also suffered a heavy loss where floods washed away a large number of the villages.
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It is believed floods swept away more than one hundred cattle from the affected areas.
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in an effort to airdrop food, medicine and blankets to the flood victims.
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and the rest of the country. Initial reports cited one hundred deaths in
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came under floods who were subsequently rescued by the multiple
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Heavy floods caused by monsoon rains during the months of
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was a deadly flood caused by several days long heavy
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Rupnagar
Punjab, India
Punjab
Assam
Bihar
West Bengal
Haryana
Jammu and Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Gujarat
Heavy rain
Landslide
Severe weather
monsoon
severe weather
Haryana
Punjab
Patiala
Flash floods
northeastern states
Gujarat

Ajnala town
Amritsar district

June and July
main sources
irrigation
agricultural crops

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