Buses & Lives - washed away in Tamil Nadu

This has been the story of the last 24 hours. Two buses, carrying over 200 passengers, were washed away by flash floods in Ramanathapuram and Thanjavur districts. The death toll ranges between 74 to well over 80, depending upon the news report that one follows. Perhaps there are more lives that have ceased to be than these figures show.

Various news agencies all over the world, from New Zealand to Canada to Qatar to Switzerland to Ireland to China ran this news.