Millions of people have been driven from their homes by monsoon rains that caused an unexpected shift in direction of a major river in northern India.
Until last week, the Kosi, a tributary of the Ganges, curved westwards out of Nepal in a C-shape.
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Dozens of people have died and more than two million have been displaced in the floods.
(BBC)
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