Floods in India's northeast kill nearly 100
- NEW DELHI: Floods in India's northeast have killed nearly 100 people, according to an official toll update on Friday (Aug 7), with villages buried in mud after one of Assam state's worst deluges in years.
- At least 97 people have died in the floods in Assam that have affected nearly 170,000, including thousands who have been forced into temporary shelters as swollen rivers inundate homes and farmland.
- Floodwaters have submerged more than 14,000ha of cropland, an area almost one-and-a-half times the size of Paris.
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- NEW DELHI: Floods in India's northeast have killed nearly 100 people, according to an official toll update on Friday (Aug 7), with villages buried in mud after one of Assam state's worst deluges in years.
- At least 97 people have died in the floods in Assam that have affected nearly 170,000, including thousands who have been forced into temporary shelters as swollen rivers inundate homes and farmland.
- Floodwaters have submerged more than 14,000ha of cropland, an area almost one-and-a-half times the size of Paris.
Sources: CNA