Rain-triggered floods wreak havoc in northeastern India; over 30,000 affected

Record ID: 1692714

  • Title: Rain-triggered floods wreak havoc in northeastern India; over 30,000 affected
  • Date: 11th October 2022
  • Summary: DIBRUGARH, ASSAM, INDIA (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (ANI - No use India) LOCALS MAKING EMBANKMENT ON RIVERBANK TO PREVENT SOIL EROSION LAND VARIOUS OF LOCALS PLACING OBSTACLES ON THE RIVERBANK TO PREVENT FLOODING FLOODED RIVERBANK SIGNBOARD READING (English): “MAIJAN TEA ESTATE/LOCALS WALKING THROUGH TEA ESTATE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) LOCAL, NIRANJAN MECH, SAYING: “Within the past 20-25 days, stretches of land summing up to approximately 20-30 meters have been engulfed by the Brahmaputra River. The water has now entered Mathori. Half of the land there is broken. If water surpasses the area, then areas including Maijan Tea Estate and Dibrugarh will be flooded. The river will assume a different shape then.” HUBLI, KARNATAKA, INDIA (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF FLOODED BASEMENT OF SHOPS VARIOUS OF FLOODED LOBBY OF BUILDING EXTERIOR OF FLOODED BUILDING PIPE DRAINING WATER FROM BASEMENT ONTO STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) LOCAL, RAMJI PATEL, SAYING: “The (rain) water got blocked owing to the construction of a new road. There is a gutter right next to the wall. Water overflowed from the gutter and poured into this area. This road was waterlogged with the water level reaching at least two feet.” DHEMAJI, ASSAM, INDIA (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (ANI - No use India) (SD) FLOODED LAND VARIOUS OF HOUSES PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN FLOODWATERS LOCALS USING WOODEN BOAT TO COMMUTE ON FLOODWATERS WOMAN WALKING IN KNEE-DEEP FLOODWATER GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA (OCTOBER 11, 2022) (ANI - No use India) (SD) CHILDREN ENTERING SCHOOL AS THEY WADE THROUGH WATERLOGGED STREET SCHOOL GIRLS WALKING THROUGH A WATERLOGGED ROAD VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH WATERLOGGED ROAD LOCALS, INCLUDING CHILD, WALKING ON WATERLOGGED ROAD
  • Embargoed: 25th October 2022 18:35
  • Keywords: Assam Hubballi India boats commute flooded floods river river bank shanties soil erosion swollen travel waterlogging
  • Location: GUWAHATI, DHEMAJI, DIBRUGARH, ASSAM/ HUBLI, KARNATAKA, INDIA
  • City: GUWAHATI, DHEMAJI, DIBRUGARH, ASSAM/ HUBLI, KARNATAKA, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001GXQUIQ7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: PART QUALITY AS INCOMING
    Untimely rains across several Indian states have waterlogged residential localities and many rivers are in spate, causing them to flood adjacent areas.
    Locals in northeastern Dibrugarh joined hands to build embankments along the bank of the Brahmaputra River which is threatening to engulf parts of the district.
    “Within the past 20-25 days, stretches of land summing up to approximately 20-30 meters have been engulfed by the Brahmaputra River,” said a local, Niranjan Mech.
    Assam State Disaster Management Authority said the incessant rains submerged 46 villages in Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, and Lakhimpur districts.
    Meanwhile, incessant rains in southern Hubli city flooded the basements of buildings.
    The rainy season usually draws to a close in northwest India from mid-September, and it should be ending across the country by mid-October.
    Some environmentalists suspect climate change is behind the unusually wet weather.
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