GUWAHATI, India, As India’s northeastern state of Assam grapples with heavy floods brought on by pre-monsoon rains, over 500,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.
“More than 500,000 people have been affected, with the flood situation turning critical by the hour,” Assam’s water resources minister, Pijush Hazarika, told Reuters, adding that seven people have drowned in separate incidents during the la