India floods swamp national park, killing six rhinos

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 09, 2024 4:06 pm

GUWAHATI, India — Devastating floods in India's northeast that have killed scores of people also swamped a national park drowning six threatened rhinos and other wildlife, government officials said Tuesday.

Floods have begun to ease, Assam state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a statement, noting the 'water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries is below the danger level in most places.'

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