Indian paramilitary rescue teams rushed Saturday to an island in one of Asia's largest rivers, where nearly 100,000 people took refuge after heavy monsoon rains flooded their homes, said a local administrator. Nearly 300,000 people in remote northeastern Assam state have seen their homes flooded in three days of nonstop monsoon rain, said state Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman. Rescue teams carried food packages containing rice and lentils to the people marooned on flood-prone Majuli island on the Brahmaputra River, said district magistrate L.S. Changsan. No deaths have been reported, Changsan told The Associated Press. The local meteorological department predicted moderate to heavy rainfall Saturday.
