At least 25 swept away in wild floods

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times and Global Warming

At least 25 swept away in wild floods*

>From correspondents in Jodhpur, India

August 21, 2006 12:55am
Article from: Agence France-Presse

AT least 25 people were swept away and feared dead as monsoon rains
triggered floods in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan, officials said.

Two soldiers who were part of a rescue effort were swept away in Jodhpur
district but one was rescued, state Relief Minister Kirorimal Meena said.

He put the weather-related death toll at 25 since the floods hit
Rajasthan on Friday.

Four of those killed were children who drowned in the rising waters
after clinging to a tree for hours.

“In the last 33 years we have not seen such a situation in Rajasthan,”
Mr Meena said as torrential rains lashed villages and towns more used to
droughts.