Indian monsoon floods kill at least 22 people in the north-east


A member of National Disaster Response Force distributes drinking water to a resident after heavy rains flooded the area around her home, in Guwahati, India, Saturday, May 31, 2025. - AP

GUWAHATI: Landslides and flash flooding triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains in India’s north-east have killed at least 22 people, officials said Saturday (May 31).

Five people, including three from a single family, were killed on Saturday when their homes were buried in a mudslide in Assam state's Guwahati city, an official flood bulletin said. In neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh state, which borders China, seven people were killed on Friday when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. Two others drowned in a separate incident in the state.

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