Flood victims affected by waterborne diseases

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Lucknow: Aid workers scrambled to get food, water and medicine to the millions marooned in flood-hit South Asia following an outbreak of diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases in northern India and Bangladesh, officials said on Tuesday.

At least 376 people have died as a result of recent monsoons and floods in India and Bangladesh, including at least nine people who drowned when their boat sank Monday in Bihar. Another 29 are missing, said N Swaran Kumar, the district magistrate. International aid groups warned of an impending health crisis if help does not reach the millions of stranded people.

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