# ‘It was a tsunami’: Floods leave a trail of death in India’s Assam

https://mins.news/en/item/29089

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-22 05:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/22/it-was-a-tsunami-floods-leave-death-trail-in-indias-assam?traffic_source=rss

> Days of intense rain triggered devastating floods in Assam, killing more than 100 people, destroying 2,700 villages and displacing 700,000. In Sivasagar, families were swept away, homes and rice fields were destroyed, and residents used boats to rescue people from the surging waters.

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