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| Flash floods hit north-east India | Flash floods hit north-east India |
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| Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after floods inundated more than 70 villages in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. | Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after floods inundated more than 70 villages in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. |
| Three districts- Kamrup, North Lakhimpur and Sonitpur - have been affected by the floods. | Three districts- Kamrup, North Lakhimpur and Sonitpur - have been affected by the floods. |
| A senior official said an embankment of the Putimari river was breached late on Tuesday following incessant rains. | A senior official said an embankment of the Putimari river was breached late on Tuesday following incessant rains. |
| Floods in India usually occur during the monsoon season, which generally lasts from June to September. | Floods in India usually occur during the monsoon season, which generally lasts from June to September. |
| Flood waters have displaced nearly 70,000 people, damaged crops, and cut off a national highway linking Assam with the rest of the country, officials say. | Flood waters have displaced nearly 70,000 people, damaged crops, and cut off a national highway linking Assam with the rest of the country, officials say. |
| Paramilitary and local civil defence forces have been called in for rescue operations. Two relief camps have been set up in the Puthimari area. | Paramilitary and local civil defence forces have been called in for rescue operations. Two relief camps have been set up in the Puthimari area. |
| "It all started overnight and we are trying to shift the people to safer places," Hemkanta Pegu, a civil servant in Lakhimpur district told the Reuters news agency. | "It all started overnight and we are trying to shift the people to safer places," Hemkanta Pegu, a civil servant in Lakhimpur district told the Reuters news agency. |
| Officials say that temporary shelters for the homeless have been set up in schools and government buildings. | Officials say that temporary shelters for the homeless have been set up in schools and government buildings. |
| They say that many people are camping on highways under plastic sheets with whatever belongings they had managed to salvage from the flood waters. | They say that many people are camping on highways under plastic sheets with whatever belongings they had managed to salvage from the flood waters. |
| The regional weather office has warned of more showers in the next 48 hours in the region. | The regional weather office has warned of more showers in the next 48 hours in the region. |
| Officials have blamed the latest flooding on the release of excess water from dams by power generating companies in the nearby state of Arunachal Pradesh and in neighbouring Bhutan. | Officials have blamed the latest flooding on the release of excess water from dams by power generating companies in the nearby state of Arunachal Pradesh and in neighbouring Bhutan. |