In  early June, torrential rains swept through north-east India, killing at least 46 people and displacing thousands. In Assam, over 2.6 lakh people across 11 districts were affected. More than 740 villages were submerged, and 6,000 hectares of cropland went underwater. Landslides and floods together brought the state’s death toll to 27. As transport links broke down in Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura, rainfall records tumbled across the region.