New Delhi CNN — Nearly half a million people in northeast Nearly half a million people in northeast India have been affected by severe flooding after heavy rains battered the region, turning roads into rivers and submerging entire villages. Men trying to cross the flooded street in Nalbari district of Assam India on Tuesday June 21, 2023. Assam, a state of more than 31 million people, experiences heavy rain and flooding during India’s unrelenting monsoon season which can last from April to September. This year’s flooding comes one week after tropical cyclone Biparjoy hit India’s west coast, ripping trees and toppling electricity poles. A man carries belongings from his partially submerged house in the flood affected Dhamdhama village of Nalbari district, in India’s Assam state on June 22, 2023.

Source: Egypt Independent June 23, 2023 10:53 UTC