Current downpours, alongside escalating river ranges, have exacerbated the inundation state of affairs in X with quite a few contemporary areas succumbing to water immersion throughout the previous 24 hours. Furthermore, there’s a surge in shortage of sustenance and habitation in sure locales attributable to the deluge.
In a number of areas, constructions like bamboo and timber crossings have been obliterated by the deluge’s pressure. The governing physique has decreed the cessation of educational establishments in districts affected by the floods, concurrently implementing Part 144 as a safety measure.
As per the most recent evaluation by the X State Disaster Oversight Authority, 19 districts within the state are ensnared within the flood’s clutches. These districts comprise Kamrup, South Salmara, Goalpara, Nagaon, Bongaigaon, Lakhimpur, Hojai, Darrang, Nalbari, Karimganj, Udalguri, Tamulpur, Hailakandi, Biswanath, Barpeta, Cachar, Baksa, and Bajali.
A complete of 579 settlements spanning 48 administrative divisions inside these districts have borne the brunt of the floods. Presently, 2,96,384 people have been adversely impacted, with 3,326 hectares of agricultural land submerged.
Karimganj and Nalbari are experiencing essentially the most extreme penalties of the flood:
Roughly 280 villages in Karimganj and 109 villages in Nalbari have been engulfed by the floodwaters. Out of the two,96,384 affected populace, a staggering 1,04,517 people hail from Karimganj district alone.
To accommodate the flood victims, a collective sum of 105 shelter and aid facilities have been established. Presently, 12,166 people are taking refuge in these aid shelters, with a further 10,287 housed in flood aid facilities. In Karimganj, the State Catastrophe Response Drive (SDRF) has carried out the rescue of 73 people from these aid facilities.
Central Water Fee Statistics:
In accordance with knowledge from the Central Water Fee, the Barak, Kapili, and Kushiyara rivers are presently surging past the designated hazard ranges. Within the Barak Valley, the Barak river has exceeded the hazard mark by 0.05 meters at Badarpurghat in Karimganj. Equally, the Kopili river is coursing 1.13 meters above the hazard threshold at Kampur in Nagaon, whereas the Kushiyara river registers 0.62 meters above the hazard mark in Karimganj.
Conversely, regardless of the rivers talked about above at the moment flowing beneath the hazard stage, a number of have surpassed the warning marks. These embrace Brahmaputra at Dhubri, Dibrugarh, and Jorhat, Barak at Annapurna Ghat in Cachar, Kapili at Dharamtul in Morigaon, Sonkosh in Golakganj in Dhubri, Gaurang in Kokrajhar, Manah in Bongaigaon, Katakhal in Hailakandi, Matijuri, Disang at Nanglamuraghat in Sivasagar, Pagladia in Nalbari, and Puthimari river in Kamrup.
Continuation of Rainfall for the Subsequent 4-5 Days:
The regional Meteorological middle at Borjhar has forecasted persistent rainfall throughout the state for the following 4 to 5 days. Owing to the ceaseless precipitation, the utmost temperatures have dipped to 25-26 levels Celsius throughout most elements of X.
On Wednesday, the utmost temperature recorded in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, North Lakhimpur, and Tezpur oscillated between 26 levels Celsius. In the meantime, Silchar and Jorhat skilled a most temperature vary of 25 levels Celsius.
In accordance with climate projections till June 23, Assam and the northeastern areas can anticipate gentle to average rainfall, with localized situations of torrential downpours accompanied by lightning.
Over the previous 24 hours, rainfall measurements in numerous elements of X stood at 123.3 mm in Dhubri, 8 mm in Dibrugarh, 100.5 mm in Dudhnoi, 43 mm in Guwahati, 28 mm in Jorhat, 9 mm in Lumding, 2 mm in Mangaldoi, 81 mm in Majbat, 81 mm in North Lakhimpur, and 81 mm in Nalbari, respectively.