India Flooding: Three Killed, Thousands Forced to Evacuate from Gujarat Villages

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Weather.com - AP - 26 September 2013

Buses stand stranded as people wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

AHMEDABAD, India -- Massive flooding has forced thousands of people to evacuate villages in the west Indian state of Gujarat, where heavy rains and swollen rivers have inundated cities and closed off roads and railway lines, officials said Wednesday. At least three people have died.

One man was electrocuted in the main city of Ahmedabad, where people were wading through thigh-deep water on the streets and waterlogged cars and buses became stranded, said Chief Fire Officer M.F. Dastoor.

Farther south in the hard-hit district of Bharuch, two people were killed in flood-related incidents, said district official Avantika Singh.

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