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{{Merge from|August 2024 Bangladesh floods|talk=2024 India–Bangladesh floods#Merger request|date=August 2024}}
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{{Short description|Monsoon floods in Assam and Eastern Bangladesh}}

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{{Short description|Monsoon floods in Assam}}
{{Infobox event
{{Infobox event
| image = Flood affected area (1).jpg
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| date = June 2024
| image_alt = Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, Assam.
| Location = Northeastern [[Bangladesh]]<br> [[India]]: [[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] [[Sikkim]], [[Manipur]], and [[Meghalaya]]
| caption = Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, [[Assam]].
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| date = 26 May 2024 – ongoing
| Location = [[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Sikkim]], [[Manipur]], [[Tripura]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Kerala]], [[Meghalaya]] and [[Gujarat]]
| cause = Monsoon rainfall
| cause = Monsoon rainfall
| outcome = 65,000 people evacuated
| outcome = 65,000 people evacuated
| reported deaths = 673+{{efn|name=WAYANAD|Including 420 deaths, 397 injuries and 118 missing from the [[2024 Wayanad landslides]].}}
| reported deaths = 104+
| reported injuries = 412+{{efn|name=WAYANAD}}
| missing = 151+{{efn|name=WAYANAD}}
| displaced = 351,000+
| displaced = 351,000+
| notes = 7.7 million people impacted<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hundreds of thousands stranded as floods hit India and Bangladesh |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/23/hundreds-of-thousands-stranded-as-floods-hit-india-and-bangladesh |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
| notes = 3.2 million people impacted
}}
}}


Heavy rainfall during the 2024 [[monsoon season]] resulted in severe flooding and landslides across several regions of [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]]. Rainfall in June caused significant flooding in Eastern Bangladesh and [[Assam|Assam State]] in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-22 |title=Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2024 {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2024-000088-bgd |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref>
Heavy rainfall during the 2024 [[monsoon season]] resulted in severe flooding and landslides across several regions of [[India]]. Rainfall caused significant flooding in [[Assam|Assam State]] and [[Gujarat]] in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-22 |title=Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2024 {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2024-000088-bgd |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref>


== Events ==
== Events ==
{{See also|2024 Wayanad landslides}}
{{See also|2024 Gujarat flood}}
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[[File:Flood affected house (2).jpg|thumb|Flood affected house in [[Karimganj District]], [[Assam]], India]]
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Heavy rainfall and flooding in June 2024 severely impacted Assam State in India, causing 109 deaths<ref>{{Cite news|title=Assam flood situation improving as water level recedes|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/assam-flood-situation-improving/article68405617.ece|date=15 July 2024|access-date=24 August 2024|work=The Hindu}}</ref> and inundating at least 1,325 villages in 19 districts, exacerbated by several rivers such as the [[Kopili River|Kopili]], [[Barak River|Barak]], and [[Kushiyara River|Kushiyara]] overflowing. At least 400,000 people were impacted and 14,000 displaced, with the [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]], [[Darrang district|Darrang]] and [[Tamulpur district|Tamulpur]] districts being the worst hit.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2024-06-22 |title=Assam flood situation improves marginally; toll rises to 39 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/assam-flood-situation-improves-marginally-toll-rises-to-39/article68321122.ece |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Flooding also killed five people and injured 13 others in [[Manipur]], where 100,000 people were affected.<ref>{{cite news|title=Manipur floods: 4 killed, 13 injured, over one lakh affected|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/manipur-floods-4-killed-13-injured-over-one-lakh-affected-101717222864640.html|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=1 June 2024|access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> Severe flooding also occurred in [[Sikkim]] and [[Meghalaya]], with intense river flow destroying roads and bridges.<ref name=":2" />


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For days, the swollen waters of the Brahmaputra river flooded Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, resulting in the tragic death of over 200 wild animals, including ten endangered rhinos, who drowned in the deluge.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Guwahati |title=Mitigating Perennial Floods In Assam: A Dream That May Never Come True |url=https://theguwahati.com/mitigating-perennial-floods-in-assam-a-dream-that-may-never-come-true/}}</ref> Over 300,000 people were displaced due to their homes being submerged by heavy rain. Over 13 rivers were flowing above their "danger level," including the [[Brahmaputra River]], putting over 2,000 island villages at risk of flooding. Overflowing of the river caused thirteen fishermen stranded for four days on an island in the [[Dibrugarh district]] to need rescue. In Arunachal Pradesh, several roads were destroyed by landfalls, stranding many villages and requiring army troops to rescue 70 students and teachers from a flooded school located in [[Changlang district]]. In addition, the [[Assam Rifles]] rescued 500 stranded civilians from other flooded areas.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Alisha Rahaman |date=2024-07-02 |title=Air Force rescues 13 fishermen as floods in India's northeast kill 16 people |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/assam-flood-kaziranga-air-force-rescue-b2572432.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
=== Bangladesh ===


Flooding from 11-12 July killed 54 people and affected 1.8 million people in 923 villages in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=54 people die in rain-related incidents in UP, rivers in spate|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/54-people-die-in-rain-related-incidents-in-u-p-rivers-in-spate-101720721413545.html|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=12 July 2024|access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> In [[Himachal Pradesh]], flooding and landslides killed 31 people and left 33 missing from 27 June to 16 August.<ref>{{cite news|title=31 killed in 51 events of cloudburst, flash flood in HP since onset of monsoon|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/31-killed-in-51-events-of-cloudburst-flash-flood-in-hp-since-onset-of-monsoon/articleshow/112605779.cms?from=mdr|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=18 August 2024|access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref>
==== June 18–19 Sylhet floods ====
Flooding from prolonged heavy rains on 18–19 June inundated the [[Haor|Haor region]] in Northeastern Bangladesh, with [[Sylhet]] experiencing 242&nbsp;mm of rainfall, and the [[Sunamganj District|Sunamganj district]] experiencing 223&nbsp;mm, exceeding the monthly average for both.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=Bangladesh, India - Flash floods and landslides (DG ECHO Partners, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 21 June 2024) - Bangladesh {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/bangladesh-india-flash-floods-and-landslides-dg-echo-partners-bangladesh-meteorological-department-bmd-media-echo-daily-flash-21-june-2024 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref>

The resulting flash floods and landslides affected at least 2.1 million people throughout Bangladesh, requiring nearly 30,000 people to evacuate to shelter centers. In Northeast Bangladesh, several displaced families were observed wandering for shelter. Nearly 75% of the area of [[Sylhet District]] was flooded, which included 23 [[Sylhet]] city wards as well as 1,548 villages in thirteen [[Upazila|administrative division]]s, affecting over 825,000 people directly. In [[Sunamganj District]], flooding affected at least 560,000 people.<ref name=":0" /> [[UNICEF]] reports stated that 772,000 children, were affected by flash flooding in Bangladesh's Northeastern regions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-22 |title=Over 772,000 children are affected by flash floods in North-East Bangladesh [EN/BN] - Bangladesh {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/over-772000-children-are-affected-flash-floods-north-east-bangladesh-enbn |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref> [[European Commission]] reports claimed that at least 15 people killed from landslides and 51,000 people displaced. It also noted that over half of the farmland and paddy fields in the [[Sylhet District]] were submerged.<ref name=":1" />

From 18 to 19 June 2024, heavy rainfall struck multiple refugee camps located in [[Cox's Bazar|Cox's Bazar]] in Southeastern Bangladesh, causing widespread flooding and at least 773 landslide incidents. At least 10 people died, seven of whom were [[Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh|Rohingya refugees]], while nearly 8,000 people across 1,200 different shelters in 33 refugee camps were also affected.<ref name=":0" />

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=== India ===
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[[File:Flood affected house (2).jpg|thumb|Flood affected house in [[Karimganj District]], [[Assam]], India]]
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Heavy rainfall and flooding in June 2024 severely impacted Assam State in India, causing Assam's yearly rain-related death toll to rise to 39 deaths and inundating at least 1,325 villages in 19 districts, exacerbated by several rivers such as the [[Kopili River|Kopili]], [[Barak River|Barak]], and [[Kushiyara River|Kushiyara]] overflowing. At least 400,000 people were impacted and 14,000 displaced, with the [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]], [[Darrang district|Darrang]] and [[Tamulpur district|Tamulpur]] districts being the worst hit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-06-22 |title=Assam flood situation improves marginally; toll rises to 39 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/assam-flood-situation-improves-marginally-toll-rises-to-39/article68321122.ece |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The toll rose to 48 deaths across Assam and [[Manipur]] on 4 July.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 July 2024 |title=Assam, Manipur floods: 48 killed, thousands evacuated amid heavy rains |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-manipur-floods-48-killed-thousands-evacuated-amid-heavy-rains-top-updates-101720061703049.html |access-date=4 July 2024 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>


Heavy rains also battered [[Kerala]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Torrential Rains Triggered Landslides|url=https://thewire.in/environment/nightmare-in-wayanad-torrential-rains-triggered-landslides-but-climate-change-may-not-be-the-sole-culprit|access-date=24 August 2024 |work=The Wire}}</ref> causing [[2024 Wayanad landslides|multiple landslides]] in [[Wayanad District]] which killed 420 people, injured 397 and left 118 missing.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies |url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/wayanad-landslides-fire-force-ndrf-volunteers-continue-search-operations-124080900226_1.html|access-date=24 August 2024 |website=business-standard|quote=Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies, 178 bodies have been handed over to relatives, and 233 burials have taken place.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Discharged from the hospitals-01|url=https://ndmindia.mha.gov.in/ndmi/viewUploadedDocument?uid=NEW2155|access-date=24 August 2024 |website=ndmindia.mha.gov.in|language=en |quote=322 persons have been discharged from hospitals.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Missing Person|url=https://ndmindia.mha.gov.in/ndmi/viewUploadedDocument?uid=NEW2157|access-date=24 August 2024 |website=ndmindia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Missing person count revised after DNA test|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/content/mm/en/kerala/top-news/2024/08/18/wayanad-landslides-missing-persons-count-dna-test.html|access-date=24 August 2024 |website=onmanorama}}</ref>
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From mid-June to July, at least 16 people were killed in Assam and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] from heavy rainfalls that impacted over 1.1 million people. Over 300,000 people were displaced due to their homes being submerged from the heavy rainfall. Over 13 rivers were flowing above their "danger level", including the [[Brahmaputra River]], putting over 2,000 island villages at risk of flooding. Overflowing of the river caused thirteen fishermen who were stranded for four days on an island in the river in the [[Dibrugarh district]] to need rescue. In Arunachal Pradesh, several roads were destroyed by landfalls, stranding many villages and requiring army troops to rescue 70 students and teachers out of a flooded school located in [[Changlang district]]. In addition, the [[Assam Rifles]] rescued 500 stranded civilians from other flooded areas.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Alisha Rahaman |date=2024-07-02 |title=Air Force rescues 13 fishermen as floods in India’s northeast kill 16 people |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/assam-flood-kaziranga-air-force-rescue-b2572432.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>


Since 19 August, floods in [[Tripura]] killed 31 people,<ref>{{cite news|title=Tripura Floods: Death Toll Rises To 31, Over 1 Lakh People Still In Camps|url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/tripura-floods-death-toll-rises-to-31-over-1-lakh-people-still-in-camps-830075|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=26 August 2024|access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> injured two, destroyed or severely damaged 3,243 houses and partially damaged 17,046 others.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tripura Floods: 1.17 lakh people in relief camps, death toll reaches 26|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/tripura/tripura-floods-1-17-lakh-people-in-relief-camps-death-toll-reaches-26.html|publisher=Northeast Now|date=25 August 2024|access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>
Severe flooding also occurred in [[Sikkim]], [[Manipur]], and [[Meghalaya]], with intense river flow destroying roads and bridges. The flooding and landslides added to the total count of more than 80 people in six Northeastern Indian states who died since the beginning of June.<ref name=":2" />


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Latest revision as of 07:26, 2 September 2024

2024 India floods
Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, Assam.
Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, Assam.
Date26 May 2024 – ongoing
StandortAssam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya and Gujarat
CauseMonsoon rainfall
Outcome65,000 people evacuated
Deaths673+[a]
Non-fatal injuries412+[a]
Missing151+[a]
Displaced351,000+
7.7 million people impacted[1][2]

Heavy rainfall during the 2024 monsoon season resulted in severe flooding and landslides across several regions of India. Rainfall caused significant flooding in Assam State and Gujarat in India.[1]

Events

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See also: 2024 Wayanad landslides
See also: 2024 Gujarat flood
Flood affected house in Karimganj District, Assam, India

Heavy rainfall and flooding in June 2024 severely impacted Assam State in India, causing 109 deaths[3] and inundating at least 1,325 villages in 19 districts, exacerbated by several rivers such as the Kopili, Barak, and Kushiyara overflowing. At least 400,000 people were impacted and 14,000 displaced, with the Karimganj, Darrang and Tamulpur districts being the worst hit.[4] Flooding also killed five people and injured 13 others in Manipur, where 100,000 people were affected.[5] Severe flooding also occurred in Sikkim and Meghalaya, with intense river flow destroying roads and bridges.[6]

For days, the swollen waters of the Brahmaputra river flooded Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, resulting in the tragic death of over 200 wild animals, including ten endangered rhinos, who drowned in the deluge.[7] Over 300,000 people were displaced due to their homes being submerged by heavy rain. Over 13 rivers were flowing above their "danger level," including the Brahmaputra River, putting over 2,000 island villages at risk of flooding. Overflowing of the river caused thirteen fishermen stranded for four days on an island in the Dibrugarh district to need rescue. In Arunachal Pradesh, several roads were destroyed by landfalls, stranding many villages and requiring army troops to rescue 70 students and teachers from a flooded school located in Changlang district. In addition, the Assam Rifles rescued 500 stranded civilians from other flooded areas.[6]

Flooding from 11-12 July killed 54 people and affected 1.8 million people in 923 villages in Uttar Pradesh.[8] In Himachal Pradesh, flooding and landslides killed 31 people and left 33 missing from 27 June to 16 August.[9]

Heavy rains also battered Kerala,[10] causing multiple landslides in Wayanad District which killed 420 people, injured 397 and left 118 missing.[11][12][13][14]

Since 19 August, floods in Tripura killed 31 people,[15] injured two, destroyed or severely damaged 3,243 houses and partially damaged 17,046 others.[16]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Including 420 deaths, 397 injuries and 118 missing from the 2024 Wayanad landslides.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b "Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2024 | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ "Hundreds of thousands stranded as floods hit India and Bangladesh". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  3. ^ "Assam flood situation improving as water level recedes". The Hindu. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Assam flood situation improves marginally; toll rises to 39". The Hindu. PTI. 2024-06-22. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. ^ "Manipur floods: 4 killed, 13 injured, over one lakh affected". Hindustan Times. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b Sarkar, Alisha Rahaman (2024-07-02). "Air Force rescues 13 fishermen as floods in India's northeast kill 16 people". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  7. ^ "Mitigating Perennial Floods In Assam: A Dream That May Never Come True". The Guwahati.
  8. ^ "54 people die in rain-related incidents in UP, rivers in spate". Hindustan Times. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  9. ^ "31 killed in 51 events of cloudburst, flash flood in HP since onset of monsoon". The Economic Times. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Torrential Rains Triggered Landslides". The Wire. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies". business-standard. Retrieved 24 August 2024. Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies, 178 bodies have been handed over to relatives, and 233 burials have taken place.
  12. ^ "Discharged from the hospitals-01". ndmindia.mha.gov.in. Retrieved 24 August 2024. 322 persons have been discharged from hospitals.
  13. ^ "Missing Person". ndmindia. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Missing person count revised after DNA test". onmanorama. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Tripura Floods: Death Toll Rises To 31, Over 1 Lakh People Still In Camps". NDTV. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Tripura Floods: 1.17 lakh people in relief camps, death toll reaches 26". Northeast Now. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
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