Aid agencies struggle to reach flood-hit India
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Relief workers are still battling to bring help to more than a million villagers displaced by recent flooding in northeastern India and Nepal. In the eastern state of Bihar, vast areas were inundated when the monsoon-swollen River Kosi broke through flood control barriers near the India-Nepal border. The river not only overflowed, but also changed its course, affecting up to five million people in India and another 60,000 in Nepal. The crisis is now well into its second week.
Presenter: Linda LoPresti
Speaker: Andrew Hewett, executive director of Oxfam Australia
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