Hundreds of thousands trapped by India floods (AP)

A domesticated elephant and people wade through a flooded national highway in in Puthimari village about 45 kilometers (28 Miles) west of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. The Puthimari river in lower Assam breached four embankments Saturday night at inundating 50 villages.(AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)AP - Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats on Sunday as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India’s vast plains.

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