Continued monsoon rains in India leave millions homeless

At least two million people in northern India have been left homeless as the Ganges and other rivers, swollen by heavy monsoon rains, broke embankments and submerged villages, fields and religious sites.
State officials said 500,000 hectares of agriculture land in top cane growing state Uttar Pradesh were flooded and the heavy rains could affect cotton output from Punjab and Haryana states.
Spokesman for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Fr Babu Joseph, says this year has seen an unusually long monsoon season.

“Normally by the […] middle or end of September, rains come to and end,” Fr Babu told Vatican Radio.

“There has been unprecedented damage due to the heavy flooding.”