(Photo: AP Images / Mahesh Kumar A.)
Flood victims collect reusable belongings from their damaged houses in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh state 285 Kilometers (178 miles) from Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Thousands among the legions of southern Indians displaced by a week of flooding trickled back to their homes and farms to survey the damage left by a natural disaster that killed at least 269 people, officials said Wednesday.

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