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Tamuli Gaon, a village in eastern Assam’s Jorhat district, is about 40 kilometres west of neighbouring Sivasagar district’s Bihubar, the epicentre of destruction by one of Assam’s worst localised floods since the 1950s. The gushing waters that submerged much of Sivasagar and adjoining Charaideo districts on July 19–20 lost momentum by the time they reached the…
A woman goes to her house through a waterlogged area as the region faces flooding, in Sivasagar on Sunday (August 2, 2026). | Photo Credit: ANI The flood situation in Assam improved on Sunday (August 2, 2026) with around 1.35 lakh people now affected in five districts even though three more persons died, taking the…
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The floods, considered the worst in 60 years, have affected more than 7.5 lakh people and claimed 68 human lives so far, mostly in eastern Assam’s Charaideo, Jorhat, and Sivasagar districts. | Photo Credit: ANI GUWAHATI The focus in flood-hit areas of Assam has turned to animal welfare. As the floodwaters recede, animal protection organisations…
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Expressing deep distress over the devastation caused by the floods, Mr. Kharge said at least 68 people had lost their lives while almost 10 lakh people across 25 districts had been affected. Photo credit: Sansad TV Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday (July 27, 2026) targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the recurring floods in…
People transport a motorcycle through a flood-affected area on a makeshift raft after heavy rainfall, in Golaghat, Assam, on July 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The ongoing wave of floods in some eastern districts of Assam has been the worst in 60 years, the State government said on Wednesday (July 22, 2026). The floods…
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he number of those impacted by the deluge was 5.97 lakh in 17 districts on Sunday. Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to improve as the count of affected people reduced to 5.11 lakh in 17 districts on Monday, an official bulletin said. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said two deaths were…
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Dhubri is the worst-hit district with a population of 3,54,045 is affected The Assam flood situation remained grim on Tuesday when seven more people died, though the number of the affected people declined to 17.70 lakh with the water level of major rivers and their tributaries showing a receding trend, according to an official bulletin….
Nagaon, Assam: In the devastating Assam floods, 137 wild animals, including six Rhinos, have died in the Assam flood at Kaziranga National Park, officials said. Meanwhile, the park authorities have managed to rescue 99 animals, including two Rhino calves, and two Elephant calves. Sonali Ghosh, field director of Kaziranga National Park, said that 104 Hog…
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With this, the toll in this year’s flood, landslide and storm increased to 78. Guwahati: Eight more people lost their lives as the flood situation in Assam remained grim on Sunday, an official bulletin said. Two deaths each were reported from Dhubri and Nalbari, and one each from Cachar, Goalpara, Dhemaji and Sivsagar, the Assam…
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Floods in Assam have claimed six lives over the past 24 hours Guwahati: It’s been three days since his son fell into a drain in flooded Guwahati, but Hiralal Sarkar has not given up yet. His relentless search continues for the eight-year-old Abhinash while the city – the largest in Assam – remains submerged. Hiralal…
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