Floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain in the northeastern state of Assam killed at least six people on Tuesday night, officials said. More than 30 people in the state have died since the end of May in floods and landslides brought by heavy rain, officials said. “At least 700,000 people have been stranded by flash floods and heavy rains in Sylhet district, and another 500,000 people in neighbouring Sunamganj district,” Abu Ahmed Siddique, commissioner of Bangladesh’s northeastern Sylhet district, told AFP. “More than 17,000 people have been taken to shelters only in Sylhet district,” senior local government official Sheikh Russel Hasan said, warning rivers were still rising. Floods in 2022 in Sylhet were some of the worst on record, leaving millions stranded and around a hundred killed.

Source: The Nation June 20, 2024 03:15 UTC