Floods and landslides in northern India have killed at least 25 people over the past weekend, officials said on Monday, as torrential monsoon rain continued to batter large parts of the country’s north and northeast. Authorities warned that further heavy rainfall is expected over the coming days, raising the risk that the death toll from the floods and landslides in northern India could climb higher still.
The worst-affected region was Indian-administered Kashmir, where Kashmir flash floods and landslides killed at least 15 people across the Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts. A senior police official said several others remained missing, and rescue operations were continuing in the worst-hit villages. Images from Rajouri showed vehicles piled on top of one another after a sudden flash flood swept through a residential area, underlining how quickly the monsoon rain in India turned a routine downpour into a fatal disaster.
Nagaland Landslides and Assam Floods Add to the Toll
Further east, Nagaland landslides triggered by days of persistent rain killed nine people, with rescue teams recovering four of the bodies as search efforts continued in the state’s Mon district. A senior district official said at least fifteen others had been injured in the slides. In neighbouring Assam, one person died in floods on Sunday, and the state’s disaster management authority reported that more than 57,000 people across seven districts had been affected by the rising water. Local authorities in Assam have asked the army and air force to remain on standby in case large-scale evacuations become necessary.
Taken together, the Kashmir flash floods, the Nagaland landslides and the Assam floods illustrate how widespread and simultaneous this bout of extreme weather has been, stretching emergency services across several states at once. India’s Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rain, with isolated extremely heavy falls, over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Meghalaya through Tuesday, suggesting the floods and landslides in northern India are unlikely to ease immediately.
Nepal Floods and Landslides Compound the Regional Crisis
The floods and landslides in northern India have coincided with a similarly severe monsoon in neighbouring Nepal. Nepal floods and landslides have killed 27 people since the monsoon season began in mid-June, according to the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, with one person still missing and 69 others injured by floods, landslides, heavy rain and lightning strikes. Several highways, including the route linking the capital, Kathmandu, with the southern plains, have been blocked by debris, forcing police to redirect traffic while clearance work continues. Nepal’s weather department has forecast further light to moderate rainfall nationwide, with heavier falls expected in isolated pockets of the Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces.
Monsoon Rain in India Expected to Persist
Seasonal flooding and landslides are an annual hazard across India during the June to September monsoon, but this year’s monsoon rain in India has proved especially disruptive for Himalayan and northeastern states that are prone to steep, unstable terrain. Even as floods and landslides in northern India dominate headlines this week, other parts of the country are contending with the opposite problem, with forecasters noting that the monsoon is expected to weaken over western and southern India in the coming days, a shift that could slow crop sowing in those regions.
For now, the priority for state and federal authorities remains search and rescue. Disaster response teams have been deployed to the flood-affected districts of Assam and Kashmir, while officials in Nagaland continue efforts to locate the remaining bodies buried by the landslides. With more rain forecast through the week, officials have urged residents in vulnerable areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and the Delhi region to remain alert to the risk of further flash flooding as the monsoon season continues.
Published in SouthAsianDesk, July 21, 2026
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