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MORE than 70 people were killed by heavy rain and floods across South Asia this weekend,while over one million were left stranded by rising waters,officials said today.Several days of torrential downpours combined with melting Himalayan snow caused flooding in low-lying areas of Nepal,India's northern states and neighbouring Bangladesh, with rivers expected to crest in coming days.India's north-east was among the worst affected and the army was deployed for rescue operations in Assam state today, officials said."The situation worsened overnight, drowning two more people in western Assam and displacing another 250,000,"Assam's Relief Minister Bhumidhar Barman said in the state's largest city,Guwahati.Mr Barman said the total number of people stranded as the major Brahmaputra river continued to swell was more than a million.Troops were using boats to rescue people sheltering from the waters on top of their homes in the state.The military in neighbouring Bangladesh,where the river flows south to the Bay of Bengal,was also carrying out relief operations,with at least 200,000 people in danger from rising flood waters.Unconfirmed reports said about 10 people there have so far drowned and died from snake-bites.The government's flood forecasting and warning centre said the situation could get worse in coming days as monsoon rains and Himalayan-glaciers continued to feed theGanges and the Brahmaputra river.
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