Unit 8: Worldwide Destinations M2: Explain How Different Factors Might Affect Travel to India.
Unit 8: Worldwide destinations
M2: Explain how different factors might affect travel to India.
Monsoon season
Monsoon season in India
The death toll from this year's monsoon has already climbed past 800, and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned, and about 2 million more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar, where the Koshi River has burst its banks, breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. Indian villagers wade through flood water in Sitpur in the Supaul district of India's northern state of Bihar on August 28, 2008. More than a million people remain trapped after a monsoon-swollen river changed course, flooding huge swathes of the country's impoverished Bihar state. Flood victims receive medical treatment at a temporary flood relief camp in East Nepal August 28, 2008. The Koshi River in the eastern state of Bihar in India has flooded, breaking a dam in neighboring Nepal, officials said. Thousands have been displaced and people are starting to get sick due to the lack of sanitation and safe drinking water in the camps. People seek refuge from flood waters in east Nepal August 24, 2008. The Koshi River breached its banks ten days ago on the border with Nepal, flowing through a channel it had previously abandoned. At least 46 people are reported to have died in the floods, as troops and air force helicopters rushed to help police in the rescue operation.
Torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people in South Asia since the monsoon began in June, mainly in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where 725 people have lost their lives. Other deaths were reported from Nepal and Bangladesh.
Heavy downpours continue to cross northern India as the south-west monsoon travels across the Indian subcontinent. Commuters wade through flood water in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. India's monsoon season, which lasts from June to September, brings rain vital for the country's farmers but also massive
M2: Explain how different factors might affect travel to India.
Monsoon season
Monsoon season in India
The death toll from this year's monsoon has already climbed past 800, and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned, and about 2 million more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar, where the Koshi River has burst its banks, breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. Indian villagers wade through flood water in Sitpur in the Supaul district of India's northern state of Bihar on August 28, 2008. More than a million people remain trapped after a monsoon-swollen river changed course, flooding huge swathes of the country's impoverished Bihar state. Flood victims receive medical treatment at a temporary flood relief camp in East Nepal August 28, 2008. The Koshi River in the eastern state of Bihar in India has flooded, breaking a dam in neighboring Nepal, officials said. Thousands have been displaced and people are starting to get sick due to the lack of sanitation and safe drinking water in the camps. People seek refuge from flood waters in east Nepal August 24, 2008. The Koshi River breached its banks ten days ago on the border with Nepal, flowing through a channel it had previously abandoned. At least 46 people are reported to have died in the floods, as troops and air force helicopters rushed to help police in the rescue operation.
Torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people in South Asia since the monsoon began in June, mainly in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where 725 people have lost their lives. Other deaths were reported from Nepal and Bangladesh.
Heavy downpours continue to cross northern India as the south-west monsoon travels across the Indian subcontinent. Commuters wade through flood water in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. India's monsoon season, which lasts from June to September, brings rain vital for the country's farmers but also massive