Severe monsoon flooding across the northeastern states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in June and July led to swollen rivers displacing some 6.9 million people. In August and September, a second period of flooding left another two million people homeless in the same region.
How Natural Disasters Changed the World in 2012
Last year, an estimated 32.4 million people worldwide were forced from their homes due to natural disasters. Here, 10 countries that suffered some of the worst displacements, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council