32,800 are forced to evacuate to 47 camps in Andhra Pradesh

Updated: 1:14 p.m. PT Oct 30, 2007

HYDERABAD, India - At least 17 people have died in floods in southern
India and nearly 33,000 have been displaced as heavy rains hammered the
region for a second day, officials said Tuesday.

Most of the victims have died in Nellore district, a southern area in
the state of Andhra Pradesh, said state Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasad
Rao. Four members of a wedding party drowned Monday night when their bus
was caught in a flash flood. Ten other people died in the same district.

State authorities have built 47 temporary camps for 32,800 people who
have been evacuated from low-lying areas, Rao said. Thousands of people
across the state have been stranded as floodwaters submerged roads and
railroad tracks, he said.
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Weather officials predicted heavy rains along Andhra Pradesh's coast to
continue over the next several days.

Monsoon rains usually hit India from June to September. This year they
were particularly deadly, killing more than 2,200 people, most of them
in northern India.

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