Officials have strenuously defended their efforts, saying that the rainfall, amounting to more than 80 inches, exceeded all predictions and that the remoteness of many affected villages had made recovery efforts especially complicated.
With most of the 550m-plus votes counted, Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) appeared to have far exceeded all predictions and had close to an outright majority of the 543 elected seats in India's lower house.
The small but increasingly vocal party, which opposes Catalan independence and has vowed to take a tough line on immigration, abortion and domestic violence legislation, exceeded all predictions to take 12 seats in the Andalucían regional election.
With most of the 550m votes counted, Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) appeared to have far exceeded all predictions and, with existing allies, were set to win as many as 350 of the 543 elected seats of India's lower house.
Second-quarter profit swelled at the Credit Suisse Group, far exceeding analysts' predictions, aided by a leaner business and an upswing in investment banking.
The Si K optical depths in the Galactic Bulge show vast overabundances with respect to expected ISM abundances with columns exceeding recent predictions.
MOLDOVA: COMMUNISTS WIN -- The Communist Party roared into control of the tiny republic of 4.3 million people, far exceeding experts' predictions by winning half the vote and up to 70percentt of the seats in parliamentary elections.
Nevada is pouring $42.5 million in taxes (far exceeding original predictions) from the latest fiscal year into its Rainy Day Fund, which had been close to running dry.
The Dallas-based radio, TV and billboard company posted a net loss of $26.6 million, or 23 cents a share, exceeding analysts predictions of a loss of 20 cents per share, according to First Call Corp.
