India monsoon floods, landslides kill more than 100 since July

The north-eastern state of Assam is among the hardest hit, with at least 87 people killed. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Residents use rafts and inflated boats to reach higher ground with the help of disaster response officials. Set as preferred source NEW DELHI – Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people across India since July, official data showed on Aug 5, with thousands forced to flee their inundated homes.

While the annual monsoon brings rainfall that farmers depend on, scientists say climate change is making the phenomenon more erratic,India’s north-eastern state of Assam is among the hardest hit by the annual rains, with at least 87 people killed, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. In the state’s worst-affected Sivasagar district, some 47 people have been killed as several areas remain under water.

The state authorities have appealed for financial donations from the public to support relief and rehabilitation efforts.

“The devastation here is unlike anything these areas have witnessed before,” Sarma posted on social media platform X.AFP images showed residents using rafts and inflated boats to reach higher ground with the help of the state’s disaster response officials. In India’s southern state of Kerala, Chief Minister VD Satheesan said at least 15 people have been killed and another seven were missing after heavy rains over several days.

More than 300 relief camps have been set up in the state, sheltering over 10,000 people, after rains triggered landslides and swollen rivers breached their banks. In the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir, at least 31 people been killed in several short bursts of extremely intense rainfall, according to a report by the public state broadcaster.

Monsoon-related disasters are an annual occurrence across India after the region’s long summers when many parts of the country face water scarcity and drought. Neighbouring Sri Lanka has also seen unusually heavy monsoon rains that have caused flash floods and mudslides, claiming the lives of at least eight people since Aug 3, according to the Disaster Management Centre.

At the same time, the country’s eastern regions were in the grip of a severe drought, with the authorities having to transport drinking water for residents in tanker trucks. The government in July said the severe weather events were due to 2026’s El Nino weather phenomenon, which warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

The government is yet to estimate the potential loss to Sri Lanka’s economy from the effects of El Nino, but has set up a ministerial task force to mitigate its impact. AFP

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