50 feared drowned after bus washed away by floods

Rains flooded out roads in a southern Indian state, and the waters washed away a bus today, killing at least 14 people, an official said. Another 34 people were feared drowned.

The bus driver was trying to get through rushing floodwaters in the Ramnathapuram district of the Tamil Nadu state when the vehicle carrying about 75 people was swept away by the strong current, said P. Krishnamurthy, an official in the district office.