{"id":27323,"date":"2016-07-31T04:06:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T04:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/scores-dead-millions-affected-as-floods-hit-india\/"},"modified":"2016-07-31T04:06:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T04:06:04","slug":"scores-dead-millions-affected-as-floods-hit-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/scores-dead-millions-affected-as-floods-hit-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Scores dead, millions affected as floods hit India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{At least 52 dead in the Indian states of Assam and Bihar following monsoon rains that also hit Nepal and Bangladesh.}<\/p>\n<p>At least 52 people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated as floods driven by torrential monsoon rains ravaged India&#8217;s eastern states, according to officials and news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who toured the worst-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Assam, said on Saturday that 26 rain-related deaths had been reported over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situation is grim. No efforts are being spared to help people, but we need an action plan to deal with such a serious flood situation,&#8221; Singh told reporters in the state capital of Guwahati.<\/p>\n<p>State disaster management authorities said an estimated two million people had been affected, including being displaced, stranded in their homes, or suffering damage to their crops, land or livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers were rescuing villagers from low-lying and inundated areas.<\/p>\n<p>Floods also hit the eastern state of Bihar, killing 26 people and affecting 2.2 million, with many rivers flowing above the danger mark, broadcaster CNN-IBN reported.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of flood victims were moved to more than 350 relief camps.<\/p>\n<p>More rain has been forecast in the flood-hit regions over the next few days, and authorities said they had requested help from the army.<\/p>\n<p>Scores of people die every year from flooding and landslides during the monsoon rains in India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh. <\/p>\n<p>In Nepal, floods and landslides have killed more than 90 people at a time when millions of people are still living in makeshift huts, after a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In neighbouring Bangladesh, the Dhaka Tribune reported four people had died in recent days due to the flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s disaster agency reported that close to 1.5 million people had been affected by the flooding, according to another news website, The Daily Star.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13860 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/94982270dc6c414aac79a25962483544_18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{At least 52 dead in the Indian states of Assam and Bihar following monsoon rains that also hit Nepal and Bangladesh.} At least 52 people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated as floods driven by torrential monsoon rains ravaged India&#8217;s eastern states, according to officials and news reports. 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