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...other places to the disaster list. Orissa's finance minister said: "We still do not know what s happening because we have not made contact with 25% of the villages." After a flying survey of the subcontinental ruin, the International Red Cross's Dr. François Daubenton estimated that the floods had wrecked 28,000 villages, damaged or destroyed the homes of 45 million people. There was no way to count the cost. "In my 35 years of public health experience in Europe, Africa and Asia," said Dr. Daubenton, "I have never seen a disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Floods Came | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

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