Lightning kills 21 and millions of homes submerged while armed forces asked to help amid continuing storms
At least 59 people died as floods cut a swatch across north-eastern India andIn India’s Assam state, 18 people died in the floods or landslides and 2 million others had seen their homes submerged in flood waters since Thursday, the state disaster management agency said.
The Brahmaputra – one of Asia’s largest rivers – breached its mud embankments, inundating 3,000 villages and croplands in 28 of Assam’s 33 districts. Several train services were cancelled in India amid incessant rains over the past five days. In southern Assam’s Haflong town, the railway station was under water and flooded rivers deposited mud and silt along the rail tracks.
Schools have been turned into relief shelters to house entire villages inundated in a matter of hours by rivers that suddenly burst their banks. Asma Akter, another woman rescued from the rising waters, said her family had not been able to eat for two days.
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