Monsoon claims 66 lives in India
India’s death toll from a week of monsoon rains rose to 66 while tens of thousands of people have been forced to seek refuge in makeshift relief camps, news reports said today.
At least 13 people have died in western Gujarat state amid heavy downpours over the past four days, while officials in eastern Indian state of Orissa reported 15 deaths, most of them caused by lightening, the Press Trust of India said. The rains hit Orissa last Monday.
