Flooding displaces tens of thousands as monsoon rains batter Indian villages

A villager salvages belongings from his flood-damaged house (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s north east, and one person has died in the floodwaters this week, a government relief agency said.

Assam state is on red alert and bracing for more downpours this weekend by evacuating people in low-lying areas.