Four people died and 45 villages were affected in Assam due to heavy rainfall and storms on Sunday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah took stock of the damages. Assam s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is monitoring the situation and coordinating with officials. The India Meteorological Department forecasted thunderstorms and heavy rainfall in Assam and other northeastern states until April 4. A four-year-old child died and two people were missing after a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra River. Rescue operations by the State Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force were hampered by darkness.
Dozens of Rohingya refugees saved after their boat capsized off Indonesia's westernmost coast last week have been forced from their temporary shelter due to local protests, a United Nations refugee agency official said Wednesday.But the influx of refugees has sparked anger in Indonesia's Aceh province, where some locals have pushed boats carrying Rohingya back into the sea or tried to storm their temporary shelters in recent months.
Puerto Rico police said officers rescued 20 occupants of the boat that capsized Wednesday near the coastal town of Quebradillas. Two of them were hospitalized for unspecified reasons