Floodwater from the Brahmaputra River has swept away homes and forced hundreds of thousands of people to seek shelter in government relief camps. According to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, those affected are being provided with food and other essentials.
Almost 900 villages have been flooded and more than 7,000 homes are without electricity, he said.
The effort to rescue stranded residents continues.
Experts have determined that human-caused climate change is worsening monsoons in South Asia. Rains that were once more predictable now come in erratic bursts, dumping extreme amounts of water in short periods.
