Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands and Kills One as Heavy Monsoon Rains Batter Indian Villages

Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands and Kills One as Heavy Monsoon Rains Batter Indian Villages
Villagers rest on an uprooted tree in flood waters in Barama, west of Guwahati, India, on June 23, 2023.Anupam nath/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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GUWAHATI, India—Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast, and one person has died in the floodwaters this week, a government relief agency said Friday.

Assam state is on red alert and bracing for more downpours this weekend by evacuating people from low-lying areas.