Rain and floods kill 27 in northeast

At least 27 people, including women and children died in six northeastern states while normal life in the region was badly affected for the second consecutive days due to moderate to heavy rain triggered by a depression in the Bay of Bengal, officials said on Saturday.

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Officials of the different northeastern states said that the 27 people died in 24 hours due to landslides, house collapse, drowning and heavy rain-related calamities.

Out of 27 victims, nine died in Arunachal Pradesh, six in Meghalaya, five each in Assam and Mizoram, and one each in Tripura and Nagaland.

In Arunachal Pradesh, seven people, including two women and two children, were killed in a massive landslide on National Highway-13 in Arunachal Pradesh's East Kameng district amid heavy rains.