76 die in flash floods in south India: officialsFlash floods and heavy rains sweeping southern India have killed at least 76 people over the past 72 hours, officials said Friday. Sixty died in Karnataka state and 16 were killed in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (än`drə prä`dāsh), state (2001 provisional pop. 75,727,541), 106,052 sq mi (275,608 sq km), SE India, on the Bay of Bengal. The capital is Hyderabad. , officials said. There has been "incessant rainfall", R.P. Jagdish, a senior Karnataka government aide, told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. by telephone. Army troops and air force helicopters were rescuing marooned villagers and distributing food packets and medical aid in areas cut off by flood waters. "At least 25 villages are inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. and standing crops are completely destroyed," Andhra Pradesh disaster management officer Y.R.V. Sharma told AFP. Authorities were shifting hundreds of people living in low-lying areas to school buildings and temples on higher ground. The monsoon season, which began in June, withdraws from the Indian subcontinent Indian subcontinent, region, S central Asia, comprising the countries of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh and the Himalayan states of Nepal, and Bhutan. Sri Lanka, an island off the southeastern tip of the Indian peninsula, is often considered a part of the subcontinent. by the end of September. But a depression in the Bay of Bengal Noun 1. Bay of Bengal - an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India Andaman Sea - part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and heavy cloud in the Arabian Sea have led to intense rains in the southern states, weather officials said. 
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