Floods Kill at Least 55 in Northeast India

Local Editor

At least 55 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in flash floods and mudslides in India’s northeast after days of heavy rain, local authorities said on Wednesday.

In the northeastern state of Meghalaya, where 35 people have died, the Indian chief minister said the floods were the worst in recent memory.

"So far, 35 people have died in separate cases of drowning and landslides in the last two days with more than 20 more still missing," Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma said.

"We have put the entire region on a state of maximum alert," he said.

Additionally, adjoining Assam state is also on high alert after 20 people died in separate incidents of drowning and mudslides during three days of heavy rains.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team