Five persons displaced by the floods caused by breach in the Saptakoshi embankment and living in Koshi Barrage camp have died after suffering from a serious bout of diarrhea in the past 24 hours. One of the deceased is an Indian national who was taking shelter at the camp. Reports quoted police as saying that Tejan Sada, 56 and Ramba Sada, 6 of Shripur died of diarrhea on Saturday evening while Ram Bajhadur Rai of Hariharpur-1 and an unidentified woman also died of the same disease on Sunday. Similarly, Devi Poddar, 65, of Supaul of India breathed her last while undergoing treatment for the disease on Sunday. According to the District Public Health Office Sunsari, more than 17,000 displaced people at different 29 camps in the district have fallen sick with pneumonia, gastroenteritis, fever and over two dozens are in serious condition. Meanwhile, some 1,000 more displaced persons due to the Saptakoshi flooding arrived at various Koshi Barrage camps in Sunsari district, taking the number of people taking shelter at various camps in the district to 28,000. In another report, Regional Veterinary Service Directorate Biratnagar said that some 7,000 livestock were killed and 78,000 others affected in aftermath of Saptakoshi embankment breach in Sunsari and Saptari districts.