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
  • 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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