An aerial view shows flood-affected people who live near the banks of a flooded Kosi river in the border area between Supaul and Saharsa in the eastern Indian state of Bihar August 27, 2008. Most years, the Kosi river of eastern India is a tranquil stream that flows gently into the Ganges. But every few years it becomes a raging torrent, wreaking disaster on everything in its path. This year it causes a flood of biblical proportions, making three million people homeless and flooding an area the size of the Netherlands and Belgium put together. To match feature INDIA-RIVER/ REUTERS/Krishna Murari Kishan (INDIA)