Shillong: At least 15 people, including seven members of a family, have been killed in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya over the past four days.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall of between 64.5 mm (3 inches) and 115.5 mm (5 inches) in some parts of the state this week, the Tribune reported.
According to the report, Commissioner and Secretary of the State Revenue and Disaster Management Department Sanjay Goyal told Reuters that the situation is now better as the weather has cleared and all the bodies have been recovered. have been shifted to relief camps.
He said that the death toll from floods in the northern parts of neighboring Bangladesh, which borders Meghalaya, rose to six on Sunday, but the situation is improving due to no rain during the night and the floodwaters are slowly receding. is decreasing.
