Floods threaten thousands in northeast India

Flood waters rose on Monday across northeastern India, where hundreds of thousands of people are stranded on the roofs of their homes or have fled to higher ground as more torrential rain fell. Incessant downpours for more than a week forced the Brahmaputra and other major rivers to burst their banks across Assam and Bihar states. Up to two metres of water has submerged many villages. Experts say annual floods which hit the region are getting worse because of climate change. At one dam, authorities released water fearing the walls would collapse.