China News Service, Beijing, July 22. Comprehensive news: According to local media reports in India, due to continuous heavy rains, as of the 21st local time, the death toll in Assam in northeastern India has risen to 111. In this regard, the Indian central management department urges governments at all levels to be alert.
India’s “News 18” TV station reported on the 21st that, affected by floods and landslides, more than 2.4 million people in 24 of the 33 counties in Assam were affected, more than 2,000 villages were flooded, and more than 100,000 hectares of crops were destroyed. destroy.
In order to properly settle the affected people, the Assam State Disaster Management Department issued an announcement stating that the authorities had established 468 relief centers in 24 disaster-stricken counties, receiving more than 48,000 victims and distributing relief supplies for them.
Recently, extreme weather such as heavy rains and lightning strikes have occurred frequently in India. In addition to Assam, government officials in the neighboring Meghalaya state confirmed to the media on the 21st that the continuous rainfall in the past week caused the water levels of many rivers in the state to rise, nearly 175 villages were affected by floods, and a large number of farmlands were flooded. Submerged. According to statistics, as of the morning of the 21st, the floods had killed 5 people in the state and a total of 170,000 people were affected. The local government has set up 22 relief camps.
In addition, lightning strikes cause casualties from time to time. According to the Disaster Management Department of Bihar in Northeast India, more than 160 people have been killed by lightning in Bihar in recent weeks. The Bihar government urges the public to follow the recommendations of the disaster management department and try to avoid going out during severe weather.
The raging floods in India have also made local epidemic prevention and control more difficult. The latest data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States shows that as of 12:30 on the 22nd, Beijing time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in India has exceeded 1.15 million, reaching 1,155,354, and the cumulative death toll is 28,084. Some analysts pointed out that the centralized resettlement of victims needs to be alert to the risk of cluster infection, which also puts pressure on the prevention and control of the epidemic in India. (Finish)