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• Aug. 3, 2007: People shield themselves from the rain using plastic sheets in Allahabad, India; the death toll rose Friday to at least 186 as heavy monsoon rains triggered floods across a wide swath of northern India and Bangladesh, destroying crops, submerging roads and displacing 19 million people, officials said.
• Aug. 1, 2007: A rescue operation searches for bodies after an overcrowded boat capsized in a rain-swollen river killing at least 28, in a flooded area at Harakpura village, in Maharajganj district, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh; the death toll rose Friday to at least 186 as heavy monsoon rains triggered floods across a wide swath of northern India and Bangladesh, destroying crops, submerging roads and displacing 19 million people, officials said.
• Aug. 4, 2007: Villagers row past a red flag warning people of an electric post, as they search for drinking water in the flooded village of Manikgonj, 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka; torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose to at least 198 and 19 million driven from their homes in recent days from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
• Aug. 3, 2007: People balance themselves and walk on a flooded railway track at Hayaghat, in the Darbhanga district, in the northern Indian state of Bihar. The death toll rose Friday to at least 186 as heavy monsoon rains triggered floods across a wide swath of northern India and Bangladesh, destroying crops, submerging roads and displacing 19 million people, officials said.
• Aug. 4, 2007: A man wades towards a marooned hut, as children and cattle stand stranded surrounded by floodwaters in Darbhanga district, in the northern Indian state of Bihar. Helicopters dropped food to almost two million hungry and frightened villagers perched on rooftops in India on Saturday, as the death toll from monsoon rains in India and neighboring Bangladesh crossed 200, officials said.
• Aug. 4, 2007: Laborers throw down packets of relief material as villagers scramble to receive them during an air-drop relief operation for flood victims at Darbhanga district, in the northern Indian state of Bihar; Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose to at least 186 and 19 million driven from their homes in recent days from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
• Aug. 4, 2007: A Bangladeshi flood victim carries food as he wades through a flooded home in Manikgonj, 31 miles north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose to at least 198 and 19 million driven from their homes in recent days from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
• Aug. 4, 2007: Villagers stand in a queue awaiting relief materials in the flooded village of Manikgonj, 31 miles north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose to at least 198 and 19 million driven from their homes in recent days from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
• Aug. 4, 2007: Villagers run to receive relief packages air dropped for flood victims at Darbhanga district, in the northern Indian state of Bihar. Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose to at least 186 and 19 million driven from their homes in recent days from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
• Aug. 4, 2007: Villagers row past a red flag warning people of an electric post, as they search for drinking water in the flooded village of Manikgonj, 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose to at least 198 and 19 million driven from their homes in recent days from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.