Highway Washed Out

Rain-swollen rivers rose across Missouri on Wednesday with widespread flooding forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, closing parts of a major interstate highway and threatening to wash out scores of structures.

Truck drivers stuck on a national highway on the Assam - Tripura border that has turned to slush are turning to desperate measures to get moving, including enlisting an elephant to try and push their trucks ahead, but without much success.

The Uttarakhand government's incessant focus on the routes of the money-spinning Chardham yatra has detracted attention from the arterial roads that have sustained huge damage in last week's landslides.

Rain-swollen rivers rose across Missouri on Wednesday with widespread flooding forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, closing parts of a major interstate highway and threatening to wash out scores of structures.

Truck drivers stuck on a national highway on the Assam - Tripura border that has turned to slush are turning to desperate measures to get moving, including enlisting an elephant to try and push their trucks ahead, but without much success.

The Uttarakhand government's incessant focus on the routes of the money-spinning Chardham yatra has detracted attention from the arterial roads that have sustained huge damage in last week's landslides.