Northeast Floods

Lack of scientific data on the effectiveness of warning systems and lack of localised action plans to follow warnings, are some issues that plague India's Early Warning Systems

At least 55 people, including Territorial Army soldiers,railway workers and local villagers were killed in the landslides

The death toll from in this year's flood and landslides in Assam has now jumped to 71

The flood situation in Assam improved on Friday with all major rivers of the state flowing below the danger mark even as nearly 70,000 people remain affected by the deluge across five districts

The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the health ministry said. Stay tuned for more updates

IAF deployed An-32 transport aircraft, 2 Mi-17 helicopters, a Chinook helicopter and a ALH Dhruv and evacuated 119 passengers stranded at Ditokchera railway station with the help of Mi-17 helicopter

There was a marked improvement in Assam's flood situation on Thursday, as the number of affected people has reduced by more than half over the last 24 hours

The number of people reeling under the deluge now is 1,04,625 while it was 1,35,074 on Sunday, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in a bulletin

With the death of one person in Biswanath district, the total number of people who lost their lives in flood related incidents this year rose to 120

Flood water ebbed from Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Kamrup and Nagaon districts since Thursday when 84,100 people in 177 villages of 10 districts were hit by the calamity

With the death of one person in Morigaon district, the toll in this year's flood and landslides has risen to 123

In pics: Prez flags off Red Cross relief material for Assam, Bihar and UP

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday flagged off nine trucks carrying Red Cross relief supplies for the flood and Covid-affected people of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh from Rashtrapati Bhavan

One person died in Morigaon and another in Tinsukia district, taking the toll to 61 across the state, of which 37 people were killed in the flood and 24 died due to landslides

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The monsoon arrived in Madhya Pradesh on June 14 and became active in the entire state in next 10 days, G D Mishra, senior meteorologist of India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Bhopal office said

The Kaziranga National Park, home of the endangered one-horned rhino, was almost entirely under water

All 200 of them, including children, have been brought to safety