Wanita yang membawa kanak-kanak di belakang beliau
memanjat bukit dengan mangsa lain semasa operasi menyelamat di Govindghat di
negara Himalaya Wilayah Persekutuan 23 Jun 2013. Banjir kilat dan tanah runtuh
dilepaskan oleh hujan monsun awal telah membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 560 orang
di Wilayah Persekutuan dan meninggalkan puluhan ribu hilang, kata para pegawai
pada Sabtu, dengan jumlah kematian dijangka meningkat dengan ketara.
Rumah-rumah dan blok apartmen kecil di tebing Sungai Gangga, sungai India
terpanjang dan suci bagi penganut Hindu, telah digulingkan ke dalam
tergesa-gesa, air melimpah dan telah menghanyutkan kereta dan trak. (A woman
carrying a child on her back climbs up a hill with other survivors during
rescue operations in Govindghat in the Himalaya state of Uttarakhand June 23,
2013. Flash floods and landslides unleashed by early monsoon rains have killed
at least 560 people in Uttarakhand and left tens of thousands missing,
officials said on Saturday, with the death toll expected to rise significantly.
Houses and small apartment blocks on the banks of the Ganges, India's longest
river and sacred to Hindus, have toppled into the rushing, swollen waters and
been swept away with cars and trucks. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - DISASTER
ENVIRONMENT MILITARY)
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