Floods claim around 115 lives in India's western coastal states

People cross a flooded area through makeshift bamboo bridge in Wayanad of Kerala, India, Aug. 11, 2019. Around 115 people have died over the past three days in a fresh spate of floods in India, this time in several states located along the western coast, including Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Gujarat, said media reports on Sunday. The worst-affected is the southern state of Kerala from where a maximum of 57 deaths have been reported over the past three days. (Str/Xinhua)