Yaad Ali, 55, left, offers prayers as his wife Monuwara Begum, 45, cooks food in their submerged house in Sandahkhaiti, a floating island village in the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) MORIGAON, India — Monuwara Begum is growing weary of moving every time water pours into her home. The 45-year-old farmer, who lives on an island in the mighty Brahmaputra River in the northeastern state of Assam, said she and her family suffer from more violent and erratic floods each year.

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