An aerial view of a shantytown in Bombay, India, Aug. 4, 2005, after last week's flood. The death toll from floods due to heavy rains in and around Bombay has neared 1,000.
An Indian Navy personnel points towards flood-damaged areas, in Bombay, India, Aug. 4, 2005.
An aerial view of inundated residential areas and agricultural land in Bombay, India, Aug. 4, 2005.
An aerial view of inundated agricultural land in Bombay, India, Aug. 4, 2005.
Dam at Srirangapatana
Tourists watch as water comes out of the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam at Srirangapatana, about 95 miles south of Bangalore, India, Aug. 3, 2005. The gates of the dam were opened after water levels rose in the Cauvery river because of heavy rains.
A White Ibis perches on branches of a submerged tree surrounded by water at the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, at Ranganathittu about 90 miles south of Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005. Hundreds of migratory birds have been trapped with their fledgling offspring after monsoon floodwaters inundated their sanctuary.
A boy, left, points toward the water-level mark, which touched the first floor of a building, to a volunteer of a non-government organization, in Kalina, about 40 miles north of Bombay, India, Aug. 2, 2005.
Residents sit on the debris of their houses damaged by heavy rains, in Kalina, about 40 miles north of Bombay, India, Aug. 2, 2005.
A boy walks past a school damaged by heavy rains in Kalina, about 40 miles north of Bombay, India, Aug. 2, 2005.
Members of a non-government organization distribute food in Kalina, about 40 miles north of Bombay, India, Aug. 2, 2005.
Volunteers paddle a raft on a flooded street to rescue people from their submerged homes in Bombay, India, Aug. 1, 2005.
People walk along the seashore as surf rises up with trash in Bombay, India, Aug. 1, 2005. Six days after crippling rains pounded Bombay and the surrounding state, soldiers, civil defense teams and aid workers continued to find bodies in the worst-affected districts.
Local volunteers carry food for distribution in a waterlogged slum area in Bombay, India, Aug. 1, 2005.
A bread vendor goes through a flooded street during heavy rains in Bombay, India, July 31, 2005. Authorities warned residents to remain at home after rains began falling again across Bombay and the surrounding state, which were hammered last week by devastating floods.
People wade through flood water in Dudhgaon, 354 miles southwest of Bombay, India, July 30, 2005.
School children pass by a damaged auto rickshaw in Bombay, India, July 29, 2005.