US EditionAt Least 34 Dead in India's Northeast After Heavy Floods
- At least five people died in Assam on Saturday due to landslides and floods caused by torrential monsoon rains.
- The heavy rains, part of India’s annual monsoon season beginning in June, led to swollen rivers and a red alert issued for 12 Assam districts.
- Urban flooding affected over 10,000 people in three districts, including the state capital Guwahati, forcing hundreds of families to abandon their homes.
- Himanta Biswa Sarma, the head of Assam’s government, stated that officials have been closely monitoring the developing conditions for several days and confirmed that rescue operations and rice aid have been mobilized.
- The fatalities mark the first of this monsoon season in Assam, highlighting recurring risks as experts link increasing flood intensity to shifting weather patterns and climate change.
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For days, the north-east of India has been covered by heavy rains, and the consequences are sometimes catastrophic.
More than 500 people were cut off from the outside world.
At least 34 dead in India's northeast after heavy floods
BHUBANESWAR/DHAKA (Reuters) -At least 34 people have died in India's northeastern region after heavy floods caused landslides over the last four days, authorities and media said on Monday, and the weather department predicted more heavy rain. Read full story
Monsoon rains kill 30 in India
Flash floods and landslides after torrential monsoon rain over the last two days killed at least 30 people in India's northeast, officials said Sunday. State disaster management officials said eight people died in Assam, and nine in Arunachal Pradesh, many of them in landslides as earth loosened by the water slumped into the valley below. Another five people died in a landslide in the neighbouring state of Mizoram, state authorities said. The of…
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