Weather network news, India has recently been "hot and hot", some places are constantly hot, while some places are flooding. Among them, Assam has caused floods, landslides and other disasters due to heavy precipitation for several days. According to the relevant local departments, as of the evening of the 26th local time, floods and mudslides have caused 30 deaths, and the number of victims is as high as 575,000! Local officials say the health department is already involved.
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Floods in India
According to the Times of India, the current flood situation in the Indian state of Assam remains grim. As of the evening of the 25th, the number of victims in Assam reached 575,000, and the death toll due to flooding and landslides had risen to 28.
According to CCTV news, India's National Disaster Management Authority reported on the 26th that as of the evening of the 26th local time, the flood and mudslides caused by bad weather in the country's Assam state have caused 30 deaths, of which 25 people died due to flooding and 5 deaths caused by landslides.
In the past 24 hours, 12 districts in Assam have continued to be affected by flooding, and there have been no more landslides for the time being.
Local authorities: The health department is already involved
Floods in the Indian state of Assam
"The health department is already involved to ensure the overall health and hygiene of the rescue camps, and health ministry officials are conducting disease surveillance and are injecting different kinds of vaccines into the affected populations," said an Assam Disaster Authority official.
The official also said that the biggest challenge facing the Indian government is to assess the damage, and state government officials have discussed a post-disaster needs assessment with the National Disaster Management Authority on the 25th in order to quickly carry out recovery and reconstruction plans. However, due to the magnitude of the losses, it is difficult to determine immediately the loss in terms of money.
The specific flood situation is as follows:
Floods in India
As of May 2022, the floods had affected 57,000 people, including 1 child, and damaged more than 200 homes.
As of May 17, 2022 local time, flooding and mudslides triggered by torrential rains in Assam have killed at least 11 people.
On May 18, 2022, local time, the Indian government said that flooding in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has caused 7 people to drown and 500,000 people have been evacuated.
According to the state's Disaster Management Bureau on the evening of May 22, 2022, as of now, the number of victims in Assam has exceeded 800,000, of which the death toll caused by floods and landslides has reached 24, more than 91,000 people have been placed in government shelters, and hundreds of thousands of victims are still at significant risk of natural disasters such as bad weather and floods.
On May 26, 2022, the Times of India reported that the current flood situation in the Indian state of Assam remains grim. As of the evening of the 25th, the number of victims in Assam reached 575,000, and the death toll due to flooding and landslides had risen to 28.
India's National Disaster Management Authority reported on May 26, 2022, that as of the evening of the 26th local time, the floods and mudslides caused by bad weather in the country's Assam state have caused 30 deaths, of which 25 people have died due to flooding and 5 deaths caused by landslides. In the past 24 hours, 12 districts in Assam have continued to be affected by flooding, and there have been no more landslides for the time being.
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