Deadly Floods Continue To Submerge Northern India
At least 84 people have been killed and nearly 160,000 displaced by widespread flooding in the northern Indian state of Assam. Uttar Pradesh is facing similar disasters, with officials reporting more than 600 villages flooded and 19 people killed on Wednesday.
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00:00Rainfall is triggering deadly flooding in northern India.
00:05Widespread floods in Assam have submerged more than 2,500 villages
00:10and displaced nearly 160,000 people.
00:13Authorities say five people have died since Wednesday,
00:16bringing the death toll to 84 in the state.
00:19In Uttar Pradesh, more than 600 villages across 12 districts
00:23have been affected by floods,
00:25with officials reporting 19 new deaths on Wednesday.
00:29The local government says relief efforts are underway.
00:32Heavy rainfall is forecast to continue in the next few days.