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India: Flood: 2016/07/01 Country Information on DRR

Period 2016/07/01
Country or District India
Event Type Flood
Outline At least 58 people have been killed in northern Pakistan and India by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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UNOCHA 2016/08/01
Torrential monsoon rains over the past week have caused severe flooding in the states of Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. As of 29 July, over 3 million people have been affected across the three states. Assam, with 1.7 million people affected, is the worst hit, with 310 relief camps hosting 147,000 people.

Government of India 2016/07/26
Two were killed and 1,570,571 people are affected by floods in 19 districts of Assam.

ECHO 2016/07/05
Heavy rain has continued to affect India since 2 July,an estimated 57 000 people in more than 100 villages have been affected. The death toll due to floods and landslides in the states of Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh has risen to at least 40 people.

Sphere India 2016/07/02
A total of 30 have been feared dead from different areas of Uttrakhand following cloudbursts in Pithoragarh and Chamoli Districts as reported by media.

BBC 2016/07/04
In northern India, death toll after Friday\'s heavy rains caused flooding and landslides, had risen to 18 in Uttarakhand and 10 in Arunachal Pradesh.

AFP 2016/07/02
The death toll from landslides and flooding in northern India has risen to 25, officials said Saturday.