Ongoing floods affect over half million as death toll rises to 30 in India's Assam

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Ongoing floods affect over half million as death toll rises to 30 in India's Assam

STORY: Ongoing floods affect over half million as death toll rises to 30 in India's Assam DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the floods STORYLINE: The ongoing floods in India's northeastern state of Assam have affected over half a million people and killed 30 people so far, officials said Friday. There has been no respite in the ongoing flood situation in the state and according to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the floods have hit 12 districts. "With two more deaths reported during the past 24 hours in Nagaon district, so far 30 people have lost their lives in this year's flooding and landslides in the state," an official of the ASDMA said. Officials said at present, 956 villages are inundated and 47,139.12 hectares of crop area have been damaged across the affected districts. The local authorities have set up 365 relief camps and distribution centers in six districts, where 66,836 people, including 13,

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