A domesticated elephant was swept away from the Nagaland hills to the Brahmaputra Valley due to the raging floods, and it has been rescued and is being treated, Assam Forest Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said on Saturday.

The 53-year-old elephant was swept by the Dikhow River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, from Namsang in Nagaland and it washed ashore at Bihubor in Assam's Sivasagar district. The pachyderm was safely rescued on Friday and veterinary care was provided to it, the minister said.