Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food and water. Rescue workers were searching for nearly 100 people on Thursday after flash floods triggered by sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 18 people.  More than 2,000 people were rescued after Wednesday’s floods, more than 22,000 people impacted by the floods. Eighteen bodies have been found so far, said Vinay Bhushan Pathak, the top state bureaucrat. Twenty-six people have suffered injuries and were undergoing treatment at various hospitals.  Pathak said that nearly 3,000 tourists and 700 drivers with their vehicles have been stranded in the flood-hit areas. Eleven bridges were washed away by the floodwaters, which also hit pipelines and damaged or destroyed more than 270 houses in four districts.   

Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food, and water. Nearly half a million people in northeast India have been affected by severe flooding after heavy rains battered the region, turning roads into rivers and submerging entire villages. More than 495,000 people spread across 22 districts in the state of Assam have been impacted by floodwaters, its disaster management authority said in a statement Thursday. About 14,000 people were evacuated to relief camps after torrential rainfall swept across the region, resulting in the river Beki, which flows through Assam, to overflow. At least one person has died, according to state authorities. Assam, a state of more than 31 million people, experiences heavy rain and flooding during India’s unrelenting monsoon season which can last from April to September.   

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Providing assistance to the people injured and killed in this terrible accident. More than two hundred people have been killed and hundreds injured in a collision involving two passenger trains and a goods train in the Indian city of Balasore, in one of the worst rail crashes in recent history. At least 280 people have died and 900 are injured, state chief secretary Pradeep Jena said on Twitter following the disaster in eastern Odisha state on Friday. The death toll is expected to rise as teams carry out a colossal rescue operation. Friday’s rescue effort included more than 115 ambulances and several fire service units, say authorities. About 500 units of blood were collected overnight with 900 units currently in stock. The deadly collision occurred after one passenger train collided into coaches of an already derailed passenger train that had tossed into the opposite track.  The Coromandel Express, which runs between Shalimar and Chennai, around Balasore, 10 to 12 of its coaches derailed and tossed over to the opposite track. After some time, another train, which runs between Yesvantpur and Howrah, dashed into those derailed coaches, which resulted in the derailment of its three to four coaches.