Floods and landslides are common in Assam due to seasonal monsoon showers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GUWAHATI, India - Flash floods in India’s Assam state have killed at least eight people and displaced more than 115,000 after a regional river burst its banks earlier in July followingWater from the swollen Brahmaputra River has engulfed nearly 450 villages in 17 districts in the hilly state in north-eastern India, inundating large swathes of wildlife sanctuaries as well, added officials.
Indian news agency ANI published footage from near Morigaon town in Assam showing homes and huts almost completely submerged in water and locals complaining of food shortages. Almost half of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, home to the rare one-horned rhino, was covered in waist-deep water, and rhinos, elephants and deer have been forced to seek refuge on roads and in human settlements, officials said.
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