Heavy Rains Trigger Floods in Northeast India, Killing 11

Heavy Rains Trigger Floods in Northeast India, Killing 11
People inspect the area of a landslide after heavy rainfall in Dima Hasao district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, on May 16, 2022. Dima Hasao district administration via AP
The Associated Press
Updated:

GAUHATI, India—At least 11 people have died in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in India’s remote northeast region, officials said Tuesday.

Several railway stations were closed because of floods, said Nazreen Ahmed, a senior official in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. She said nearly 200,000 people in the district were cut off from the rest of the state as roads and bridges were either blocked by landslides or washed away.