Overview

• Thirty-four people have died in floods and landslides across Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and Sikkim since late May.
• In Assam, 3.6 lakh residents in 764 villages across 19 districts are affected as the Brahmaputra and tributaries flow above danger marks.
• Indian Air Force helicopters and Assam Rifles teams have airlifted hundreds of stranded villagers, rescued 14 people from the Bomjir river and faced delays evacuating over 1,200 tourists in north Sikkim.
• State governments have opened dozens of relief camps, deployed disaster response forces and announced ex-gratia payments to families of the victims.
• The India Meteorological Department has issued red and orange alerts and predicts heavy to very heavy rain through June 5, raising risks of fresh flooding and landslides.