10 perish in floodwaters in India

At least 10 people were killed when their homes collapsed and another eight were missing after being swept away by floodwaters in northern India, bring the death toll from annual monsoon rains to at least 239, government officials said today.

Authorities accused neighbouring Nepal of relieving pressure on overburdened dams there by opening gates that sent water gushing downstream into India’s Uttar Pradesh state, partially submerging dozens of villages in Gorakhpur district, 160 miles east of Lucknow, the state capital.