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A local development worker describes the aftermath of 10 days of flooding in Orissa, India in September, and details his organization's efforts to help some of the millions of people affected by the disaster.

Relief agencies are mobilizing in Sri Lanka's Batticaloa region, where recent torrential rains forced more than 7,000 Sri Lankans -- many of whom were already displaced by fighting between the government and a rebel group -- to flee their homes.