Rains claim 10 lives in Northeast, over 8.5 lakh affected in Assam floods

Several areas of the district have been cutoff from the rest of the state due to road blocks caused by landslides. Power supply was also disrupted in many areas across the state.

In Arunachal Pradesh, two students got buried alive and two others injured after a boundary wall of a government school hostel collapsed in Tawang district due to landslides triggered by incessant downpours.

With the state capital witnessing landslides, mudslides and road blockades due to heavy rainfall for several days, the district administration has ordered closure of all schools in Itanagar till Sunday. (Photo: ANI)

Rickshaw puller carries a commuter through the flooded street during heavy rainfall in Agartala.

The swelling water of Khawthlangtuipui river, also known as the Karnaphuli, has submerged at least 390 houses in six villages of Lunglei district. A total of 119 families have been rescued from one of the affected villages.

Sikkim was cut off from the rest of the country as multiple landslides triggered by heavy and continuous rainfall at several places blocked the arterial NH-31A, officials said. The state has been cut off from the rest of the country since Thursday noon, officials of General Reserve Engineering Force of the BSF said. (Photo: AFP)

Woman throws water from her waterlogged house following monsoon rain in Samarnagar area in Siliguri on July 12.

Floods from monsoon rains in Assam have killed 6 people and marooned more than 400,000 in 740 villages. (Photo: AFP)

Children paddle a raft through floodwaters at Kalgachia in Barpeta district in Assam.

Several people have lost lives after torrential monsoon rains induced floods and landslides. (Photo: AFP)