Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16

(2 Jul 2024)
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Morigaon District, Assam - 2 July 2024
1. Man next to a flooded home moving towards boat
2. People walking through flooded streets
3. Man carrying a sack on his head from his flooded home, moving through floodwaters and putting it on a tractor
4. Villagers wading through floodwaters
5. Various of people retrieving items from their flooded home
6. Pan from a child sitting and woman cooking to floodwaters next to their home
7. Wide of villagers on boat rowing through floodwaters, electric poles partially submerged
STORYLINE:
Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people over the last two weeks in India's northeast, where more than 300,000 have been displaced from their submerged homes, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Indian army and air force have been assisting with rescue efforts in the state of Assam, one of the worst-hit states.
A military helicopter flew early Tuesday morning 13 fishermen to safety after being stranded for four days on a small island on the Brahmaputra, one of Asia’s largest rivers, officials said.
The Brahmaputra River, which flows 1,280 kilometers (800 miles) across Assam before running through Bangladesh, overflows annually.
However, this year, increased rainfall has made the river - already known for its powerful, unpredictable flow - even more dangerous to live near or on one of the more than 2,000 island villages in the middle of it.
Disasters caused by landslides and floods are common in the country's northeast region during the June-September monsoon season.
India, and Assam state in particular, is seen as one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change because of more intense rain and floods, according to a 2021 report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, a New Delhi-based climate think tank.
AP video shot by Anupam Nath
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