vibrational qualities in india at least have definitely picked up the bees the national disaster response force in india is one of the biggest in the was and they have have a history of addressing problems with national disasters as well this year as they have been deployed across flooded states in the country and they have rescued many people a 1000 have been relocated to relief camps there's a 247 helpline to respond to any or any disasters any and calls for help and there's been there's been meetings at the top level of the ministries to figure out how exactly to help people however there have been deaths again this is an annual affair but the challenges in these mountainous area has a different from what they are built upon cities like mumbai and chennai and over here because of the because of climate change impacts is actually been worse than was extreme by most situations that have been that studies have shown odd increasing with time you mention climate change surely this is something that as you mention has been studied so the government would be aware also that what measures have gover

and there's been a massive loss of life they are also an annual affair in india the national disaster response force is one of the biggest in the world and has similar disasters in the past as well or you have this you know their approach to cycling finding and preparing for it was also commendable because there was actually an incredible rescue and relief effort that can also be seen on the ground here to the n.p.r.'s forces are deployed all across flood just states in the country and that carrying out rescue and relief operations they have kids of people across the border in the pile as well how's the security forces have been deployed but there are serious challenges communication dollars are down and need high every is a blocks of these are the conditions that security forces and disaster management forces are dealing with they are actually we think for them one seuss's seed so that the water levels proceed and better force can be carried out to help the people as you mentioned these monsoons or an annual event but how does this year compared to previous years. well there are also of course that

members of india's air force, vy, and national disaster response fce used helicopters, boats, and diving teams to rescue the trapped passengers. there were no juries reported, but monsoon flooding in south asia has killed more than 600 people in recent weeks for the latest developments on the protests in hong kong, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: as we reported earlier, protesters were again out on the streets of hong kong today. amid the familiar scenes of tear gas, batons and covered faces, there's a new focus on the waye authorities ing technology to identify and track protesters. for more, "new york times" reporter paul mozur joins us now via skype from shanghai. spaul, it looks like ther almost a cat-and-mouse game using facial recognition on both sides. >> yeah, that's right. so basically, what we've seen is, as the protests have gone on and police and hong kongers continue to sq re off week after week, the face has become poaponized, and identity itself, in a way, is weazed. you know, protesters will go out and police will try to captureei images on video, and then go back