Deaths in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain in India’s Assam region

People inspect the area of a landslide after heavy rainfall in Dima Hasao district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam (AP)

At least eight people have died in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in India’s remote northeast region, officials said.

Several railway stations were not working because of floods, said Nazreen Ahmed, a senior administrative official in Assam’s Dima Hasao district.