Indian floods claim another 12 lives

Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains killed 12 more people in a southern Indian state and shut down one of its key airports for a third day, officials said on Saturday.

At least 43 people have died – including the 12 new deaths in the past 24 hours – this week in Andhra Pradesh state, where this year’s monsoon deluge has submerged hundreds of villages and forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes, said chief minister Y Rajasekhara Reddy.