At least 25 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain across northern and northeastern India over the weekend, officials said on Monday, as forecasters warned that severe monsoon conditions were likely to continue for several more days, says Reuters.
Deaths were reported in Indian-administered Kashmir, Nagaland and Assam, while neighbouring Nepal also recorded dozens of fatalities and widespread disruption from floods, landslides, heavy rain and lightning since the monsoon began in mid-June.
At least 15 people died in separate rain-related incidents in the Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts of Indian-administered Kashmir, according to a senior police official.
Several other people were reported missing as emergency teams continued responding to the destruction caused by the intense rainfall. In the northeastern state of Nagaland, persistent rain triggered multiple landslides that killed nine people, a senior district official told Reuters.
Rescue teams had recovered four bodies, the official said. Neighbouring Assam also reported one flood-related death on Sunday, according to the state disaster management authority.
More than 57,000 people across seven districts of Assam have been affected by the torrential rain, which has inundated communities and disrupted normal life.
India’s weather office warned that the unsettled conditions were expected to continue across large parts of the country. “Active monsoon conditions are likely to persist over northwest, east and northeast India during the next 6–7 days,” it said in a post on social media platform X.
The severe weather has also affected neighbouring Nepal, where 27 people have died since the monsoon season began in mid-June. One person remained missing and 69 others had been injured in floods, landslides, heavy rain and lightning strikes, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said.
Several major highways were blocked by debris left behind by landslides, police said on Monday. Among the affected routes was the highway connecting the capital, Kathmandu, with Nepal’s southern plains.
Nepal’s weather department forecast light to moderate rainfall across much of the Himalayan country on Monday. Heavy rain was expected in isolated areas of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces.
