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Image of Asia: Lifted to safety in flooded Kashmir

An Indian tourist cries as she is airlifted into a chopper in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday and have put more than half a million people in peril and rendered thousands homeless in the two neighboring states. The tourist was stranded on the terrace of a five-storey hotel in central Srinagar. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
An Indian tourist cries as she is airlifted into a chopper in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The death toll from floods in Pakistan and India reached 400 on Tuesday and have put more than half a million people in peril and rendered thousands homeless in the two neighboring states. The tourist was stranded on the terrace of a five-storey hotel in central Srinagar. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

By Associated Press 1 min read

In this photo by Dar Yasin, an Indian tourist cries as she is airlifted into a chopper after being stranded on a hotel terrace by severe flooding in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The floods in northern India and Pakistan have put more than half a million people in peril and made thousands homeless. Military troops are installing temporary bridges and using boats and helicopters to drop food and evacuate victims.