Flood-affected villagers take shelter at a roadside camp in Majra village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh August 26, 2008. Torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people in South Asia since the monsoon began in June, mainly in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh but also in Nepal and Bangladesh. In India's most populous northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the toll from this year's floods rose to 721, with four more deaths reported overnight, officials said. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar
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A villager sits outside his house which was damaged by floods, in Ranigarh village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh August 26, 2008. REUTERS/ Pawan Kumar
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Flood-affected villagers shift their food grains to a safer place near Majra village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh August 26, 2008. REUTERS/ Pawan Kumar
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A man stands on a bank of the flooded Ganges river as fishermen look for fish in the northern Indian city of Allahabad August 25, 2008. Rising rivers have crumpled embankments, swamped farmlands and destroyed homes, killing almost 1, 000 people since the monsoon rains began in June. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
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A stranded man sits on the roof of a flooded hut in the eastern Indian state of Bihar August 22, 2008. REUTERS/ Krishna Murari Kishan
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