ASSAM FLOOD DEATHS

Earlier on Sunday, the IAF had rescued 8 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel and a revenue official from Jonai in Dhemaji district when they were stranded in another sandbar area during relief operations. Dibrugarh district has been sever...

Over 1.17 lakh people in Assam are affected by floods across 10 districts, with 968 villages inundated. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma provided updates on relief efforts. The Kushiyara river is flowing above danger mark at Karimganj. ASDMA repor...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to chair a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the country's preparedness for flood management, particularly in states like Bihar, Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Jammu an...

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the BJP over flood management in Assam, highlighting the grim flood situation in the state with over four lakh affected and major rivers flowing above danger levels.

The summer of 2024 in India has claimed over 100 lives and affected the health of thousands amid a prolonged heatwave and severe floods. Over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases have been reported due to the relentless heat. Simultaneously, heavy rain...

The ASDMA flood report said that 470 villages under 28 revenue circles in 15 flood-hit districts have been affected and the flood waters submerged 1378.64 hectares of crop area in 11 districts.

The recent heavy rainfall in Assam has impacted more than 161,000 people in 15 districts. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the floods have resulted in the loss of 26 lives. Karimganj district is one of the worst af...

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) reported that 5 people drowned in Cachar district, a woman died in Nagaon district, and a child died due to urban flooding in Kamrup (Metro) district on Tuesday.

A total of 14 people have died due to floods in Assam after three more deaths were reported on Sunday. The floods, triggered by Cyclone Remal, have affected 13 districts, with Nagaon being the most impacted. Over 39,000 people are in relief camps. C...

A confluence of factors has led to a very hot summer in South Asia, a trend scientists say has been worsened by human-driven climate change. At least 33 people, including election officials on duty in India's just-concluded general election, died of...

Extreme weather events in the first five months of 2024 in north India have caused deaths, floods, and landslides in the northeast, with a spring season that may soon disappear from the calendar.

Nagaon remained the worst-hit district with over 2.79 affected population, followed by Hojai (1,26,813 affected population) and Cachar (1,12,265).

The flood situation in Assam's eight districts remained grim with the water level of major rivers rising and inundating vast tracts of land on Thursday, following incessant rainfall in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, officials said. Over 42,000 peop...

Manipur has experienced a cyclone-triggered flood, resulting in three deaths and thousands of people affected. Floods have affected eight districts, with major rivers flowing above danger levels. The National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster ...

The researchers said the top 10 districts where flood severity is the highest are: Patna, Murshidabad, Thane, North 24 Parganas (West Bengal), Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), East Cha...

The Assam government will bring back 150 students, stranded in Sikkim, on Sunday even as 26 students of Meghalaya reached Shillong from the disaster-hit Himalayan state on Saturday evening. The Assam government has sent an eight-member team to Sikki...

Two more people have died in the flood in Assam with over 65,500 people affected across seven districts in the deluge, down from over 75,200 people on Sunday. Brahmaputra River is currently flowing above the danger level at Dhubri, Tezpur and Neamat...

Around 100,000 people in multiple districts in Assam have been affected by the monsoon floods, with 371 villages being inundated. The Dikhou and Brahmaputra rivers have surpassed the danger level. Agricultural land has been devastated across 3,618.3...

According to the flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 2.67 lakh people have been affected alone in Bajali district, followed by 80061 people affected in Nalbari, 73233 people in Barpeta, 22577 people in Lakhi...