GUWAHATI, India—Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast, and one person has died in the floodwaters this week, a government relief agency said Friday.
Assam state is on red alert and bracing for more downpours this weekend by evacuating people from low-lying areas.
Nearly 14,000 people currently are staying in 83 relief camps run by the Assam state government in 20 of the state’s 31 districts, the state disaster management agency said in a statement. Overall, nearly 500,000 people have been hit by the monsoon floods in the state….