INDIA-DISASTER-FLOOD

An Indian flood victim stands in a makeshift tent with her belongings in the village of Shakti Nagar on the banks of The River Krishna in Meboob Nagar District some 660kms north of Bangalore on October 9, 2009. Survivors of flash floods that killed more than 300 people in southern India began to return home Thursday to discover what was left of their houses and belongings. Close to 1.5 million residents of the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra were displaced by days of heavy rains, according to government figures. Aid workers said water had receded enough in many areas for them to shift focus to rehabilitating the homeless. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP) (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images)