In the northeast of India, at least thirty people were killed in the past two days due to floods and landslides as a result of severe monsoon rains. AFP news agency reports this on Sunday based on Indian authorities.
Eight people were killed in the state of Assam, while nine people died in Arunachal Pradesh, especially due to landslides. Five people died in Mizoram, in Meghalaya six, and at least two in NAASTAND and TRIPURA. In Manipur, hundreds of people were brought to safety during a large -scale rescue operation.
The most important minister of the state of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, told the media that the situation in his state is serious. “We have been keeping a close eye on the threat for three days,” he said in return for Deutsche Welle. According to Sarma, rescue teams have been deployed and food aid, including rice, has been sent to affected areas.
Due to the continuing rainfall, several rivers have stepped outside their banks, including the Brahmapoetra. This river originates in the Himalaya mountains and flows through the northeast of India to Bangladesh.
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The monsoon season in India runs from June to September. During this period, South Asian countries are often affected by floods and landslides. Dozens of people are killed every year during the rainy season.
Climate experts warn that climate change increases the frequency and intensity of disasters caused by the rainfall. “Global warming in the Himalayan region is faster than average worldwide,” said Philippus Wester in 2021 NRC. Wester leads an international research program in Kathmandu, into climate change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, north of Pakistan and India. “During the monsoon there is not only more rain, but also more irregular and more intense. In the past you used to have soft rain every day. Now it comes more, and you have Cloud Bursts. “
According to Wester, glaciers in the region will also remove more melt water in the coming decades due to global warming, so that large rivers such as Indus, Ganges and Brahmapoetra can go outside their banks more often. But after 2050 to 2070, depending on the river, the drain will decrease because glaciers will continue to shrink.