Images: Yamuna over 207 metres, North Delhi flooded
The flooding has affected the capital in New Delhi, where nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated to government-run camps on higher ground. Authorities there said the situation would ease as the level of the Yamuna River was expected to start receding Thursday afternoon.
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Journalists stand on a nearly empty bridge after traffic was stopped due to a perilously high water level which nearly touched the bridge on the Yamuna River, in New Delhi. The flooding has affected the capital in New Delhi, where nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated to government-run camps on higher ground. Authorities there said the situation would ease as the level of the Yamuna River was expected to start receding Thursday afternoon. Saurabh Das/Associated Press
Buses and trucks are submerged in the rising waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal/Associated Press
A Tibetan refugee wades through flood waters along the banks of the river Yamuna to reach safer place, in New Delhi. Manish Swarup/Associated Press
People gather to look at submerged buses and trucks in the rising Yamuna River as they stand on a flyover in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal/Associated Press
Tibetan refugees use a boat to cross the Tibetan market which is situated along the banks of the river Yamuna, in New Delh. Manish Swarup/Associated Press
An man watches from a boat as he passes trucks submerged in the rising water of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal/Associated Press