India floods kill 29, displace more than a million

[fast]

Surging flood waters have killed at least 29 people and displaced more than a million others in northeastern India, officials said Saturday.

Heavy monsoon rains have caused the Brahmaputra River — one of Asia's largest — to overflow its banks and inundate more than 2,000 villages across Assam state, according to the flood control center in the state capital, Gauhati.

This year's flooding is the worst to hit the state in many years. Air force helicopters have been delivering food and dropping off relief workers to affected areas over the last two days.

The heavy rains eased Saturday after more than a week, but more light rain is forecast over the next 24 hours.

The monsoon season in India begins in June and ends in September.

Assam, a state of 26 million people, suffers flooding almost every year. Officials said at least 29 people have died in the past week and more than a million others have been forced to leave their homes.

India floods kill 29, displace more than a million - SFGate

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

terrible situation, Asian countries are prone to disaster due to high population densities.

 

[SHAMK9]

South Asian nations really need to focus on building infrastructure that can prevent floods, RIP to the dead

 

[get straight]

very sad...... condolences for our neighbours

 

[harpoon]

I heard its the worst flood in 8 years.

 

[Zeeshan360]

There is excess rain in Bangladesh and North eastern states of India causing floods
While rest of India has got sub normal rains ..
God !! Y U Do no justice ??

 

[Dance]

Northeast India floods kill 121, displace 6 million


The death toll from heavy monsoon rains which have caused massive flooding in India's northeast has risen to more than 120, with six million forced to flee their homes, officials said Saturday.
The weather office forecast that more rains during the next 24 hours would lash the region, which is suffering from its worst flooding in recent years.
Assam state has been hardest hit by the annual rains with the mighty Brahmaputra river overflowing its banks, while flooding has also struck the nearby states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Meghalaya.
"So far a total of 121 people have died in separate incidents in which 105 were drowned while trying to escape the gushing waters and 16 more were killed in landslides caused by heavy rains," an Assam government statement said.
An estimated six million people have been forced to leave their homes to escape the floodwaters and find higher ground, a separate Central Water Commission bulletin said.
The monsoon, which sweeps across the subcontinent from June to September, is crucial for India's farmers but also claims many casualties from flooding every year.
Assam state officials were struggling to cope with the huge number of people displaced by the flooding, with makeshift relief camps sheltering some of those forced to leave their homes.
Twenty-six of the 27 districts in the tea-and-oil-rich state have been hit by flash floods since June 24 as a result of the torrential rains while the Brahmaputra river has breached its banks in at least nine places.
The flooding has also devastated the Kaziranga National Park, famous for its tigers, one-horned rhinos and elephants.
The Press Trust of India quoted officials as saying more than 540 of the park's animals, including 13 rhinos, had died.
In the adjoining states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Meghalaya, monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding but there have been no reported deaths.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh toured the Assam region by helicopter earlier in the week to view the effects of the rains.
"The people of Assam are facing one of the worst floods in recent times that has inflicted considerable damage," Singh said afterwards.
While India's northeast has received too much rain, the monsoon has been late arriving in other parts of the country.
The monsoon is dubbed the "economic lifeline" of India, which has a population of 1.2 billion and is one of the world's leading producers of rice, sugar, wheat and cotton.
Millions of Indian farmers still rely on monsoon rains to water around 60 percent of the country's farmland.
This year, the monsoon rainfall is running at 31 percent below the normal annual average. But the weather office has forecast heavy rains in the key planting months of July and August to make up for the shortfall.

Northeast India floods kill 121, displace 6 mn - Yahoo! News

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

RIP to the deceased

 

[StingRoy]

We should think of interlinking our rivers. East and NE India has got enough rainfall this time...whereas North and NW are deficient.

 

[Dance]

Hope the people get relief soon and RIP to the deceased.

Does the NE usually have a problem with flooding?

 

[Mech]

Dear Dance....and Chinese trolls who i dont keep track of,

Just yesterday 'disgusted' pakistanis were complaining about this forum turning into "indiandefence.pk". They swelled with 'righteous anger' and 'patriotic fervor' at the "excessively moderate moderators".

The reson ? Ofcourse , the huge presence of Indians here.

But what hope is there really--when Pakistanis (yourself included) are more concerned about Indian affairs and poverty than Indians themselves ?

 

[Dance]

Pakistanis (yourself included) are more concerned about Indian affairs and poverty than Indians themselves ?

Dear Mech,

This news is more important than news about how rahul gandhi is involved in a sex scandal or how BJP won in UP, wouldn't you agree?

And it's thats a pretty rich statement considering how much indians open threads about internal affairs about Pakistan and then troll in them.

 

[Boson]

Sick mentality of chinese .... continuously for last couple of days, laman12345 was posting about no rains, monsoon failing, "49 percent" deficity of monsoon.

Now, while he's gone missing (ever since monsoons progressed) ... his other chinese trolls are playing up the floods.

 

[Splurgenxs]

And these poor souls.
Assam flood: Over 500 animals dead in Kaziranga | NDTV.com

poor animals

 

[MSNGUY]

Nature is paying back to us what we did to it. Tragic story.