30 die in landslides, flash floods in India
Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram have all been affected with at least 60,000 people impacted in 12 districts of Assam
There have been at least 30 deaths in the past two days in northeast India following landslides and flash floods.
Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram have all been affected with at least 60,000 people impacted in 12 districts of Assam, reports NDTV.
Five people were killed in Assam, nine died in flash floods and landslides in Arunachal Pradesh. Seven members of two families were killed in Arunachal Pradesh's East Kameng district after their car was swept off the road following a landslide.
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The weather office has issued a red and orange alert for parts of Assam and an orange and yellow alert for the rest of the northeast.
In Assam, five people were killed in landslides in the last 24 hours following incessant rain that led to floods in six districts, affecting over 10,000 people, says NDTV.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said all five deaths have been reported from the Kamrup Metropolitan district.
Urban Affairs Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah had on Friday said that three women were killed in a landslide in the Bonda area on the outskirts of Guwahati.
In Guwahati, a 67-year-old record for the highest rain in a single day was broken after 111 mm of rainfall was recorded. The water level in many rivers in the northeast, including the Brahmaputra, has risen
