Flooding displaces tens of thousands and kills 1 as heavy monsoon rains batter Indian villages

By WASBIR HUSSAIN
Associated Press

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast. One person has died in the floodwaters. An Assam state government relief agency said Friday that the state is on red alert and bracing for more downpours this weekend by evacuating people in low-lying areas. Nearly 14,000 people are living in the dozens of relief camps run by the Assam state government. The Brahmaputra, which runs through Assam and is one of Asia’s largest rivers, is prone to flooding. Annual monsoon rains hit the region in June-September.