Floods Strand Tourists
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August 10, 2010, Tuesday
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MORE than 300 foreign tourists are stranded in India-held Kashmir region of Ladakh, three days after flash floods killed at least 150 people and ravaged the main town of Leh, officials said yesterday.
Floods triggered by unexpected heavy rains destroyed houses, uprooted telephone towers and deposited boulders and mud up to 4 metres on highways and destroyed all communication networks.
At least 300 people are still missing and 25,000 people affected by the floods, army officials said.
Thousands of tourists travel to Ladakh every year to visit old Buddhist monasteries and for adventure sports such as white water rafting.
The region borders Pakistan, beset by the worst floods in 80 years which have killed over 1,600 people and left 2 million homeless.
Floods triggered by unexpected heavy rains destroyed houses, uprooted telephone towers and deposited boulders and mud up to 4 metres on highways and destroyed all communication networks.
At least 300 people are still missing and 25,000 people affected by the floods, army officials said.
Thousands of tourists travel to Ladakh every year to visit old Buddhist monasteries and for adventure sports such as white water rafting.
The region borders Pakistan, beset by the worst floods in 80 years which have killed over 1,600 people and left 2 million homeless.
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