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- ↑ Jason Motlagh, "Floods devastate northern India state 20 million people affected and 4,000 die – officials blame onset of climate change", Chronicle Foreign Service, 5 October 2007, "Flooding has submerged more than 40 percent of Bihar, and Relief Commissioner R. Srivastava, citing government figures, said rainfall in July was five times higher than the monthly average over a 30-year span."
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