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Article: 96 persons perish in India floods; Bhutan dam bursts.(Main News)
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- July 12, 2004
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GUWAHATI, India (AFP) The death toll from floods swamping large portions of northeastern India rose to 96 Sunday as six more people died overnight, officials said.
"Two paramilitary soldiers were drowned in Arunachal Pradesh and four civilians died in two separate incidents of boats capsizing in Assam," a police spokesman said.
Due to incessant rains, the mighty Brahmaputra river continued to cut a swath through Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, displacing up to 2.6 million people.
The situation deteriorated after a dam burst was reported in neighboring Bhutan.
"We have been alerted by Bhutan about a breach in a dam late Saturday and soon ...