Floods kill 25 in India's Assam state and displace thousands
May 24, 2022, 12:02 pm

Floods kill 25 in India's Assam state and displace thousands

Flood-affected people ferry their cattle to safer places through a flooded field after heavy rains in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

The Swissinfo reported, citing Reuters, Indian officials said on Tuesday (May 24) that flash floods and landslides in India's northeast Assam state killed at least 25 people and displaced over 650,000 from their homes in the past 10 days.

Heavy monsoons are a yearly occurrence in Assam, resulting in flooding and landslides which force residents to flee their homes, often leaving behind their belongings.

The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world which flows from Tibet to India and finally into Bangladesh, burst its banks in Assam, inundating more than 1,800 villages in 26 districts this month.

People disembark a boat after they were evacuated from a flooded village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

Pijush Hazarika, Assam's water resources minister, said: "Twenty people have died in separate incidents of drowning and five more were killed in landslides in the past 10 days." He added that water levels were receding.

Parts of the railway network were devastated.

Half a million Indians flee floods in northeast brought by rain

Authorities have also set up 366 relief camps across 20 districts, providing temporary shelter for more than 95,000 people. Roads, homes and buildings have been inundated by flood waters in parts of the state.

Source: swissinfo

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