110 Killed in North by Flash Floods

At least 110 people were killed in flash floods that hit a remote Himalayan region in the north, and the toll could rise to as much as 150, a senior police official said. The downpour that began Monday in the state of Himachal Pradesh caused two rivers to overflow their banks. The resulting floods wiped out about a dozen villages and cut off main roads to the area, 150 miles from Chandigarh, the nearest big city. More than 100 people died in a single village, and many more were injured, said B. D. Sharma, a state government spokesman.