Northeast India is the rainiest pocket of the country during the Southwest Monsoon season. Amongst the seven states in the region, Meghalaya is the rainiest, followed by Arunachal Pradesh and the remaining five are almost at the similar pace.
However, in all the five states, the state of Assam is the only valley region whereas, the other either enjoy a mountain terrain or are a combination of the mountain with very little plains.
Due to this, Assam remains vulnerable to floods during the Monsoon season which is the case at present as well. In fact, prior to this also, during the initial days of Southwest Monsoon, Assam experienced flood conditions.
In fact, the flood condition in the state deteriorated on Wednesday as floods are revisiting the valley on account of heavy rains over some parts of the state and in the catchment areas.
In the last 24 hours, from 08:30 am as on Wednesday, Goalpara recorded 135 mm of extremely heavy rains, followed by North Lakhimpur at 70 mm, Dhubri 43 mm, and Jorhat received 32 mm of rains.
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According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), almost 60,000 individuals have been so far being influenced by inundation across Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Sivasagar, and Charaideo areas. Out of these five, Golaghat and Sivasagar are the worst affected areas with more than 24,000 and 17,500 sufferers respectively.
As per Skymet Weather, the region is rainfall deficient as of now. As on August 1, Assam is rain deficient by 25% which is a slight improvement from July’s rainfall deficiency that settled at 27%.
According to Skymet Weather, the region is rainfall deficit and at the same time is flooded which is due to the rains in the catchment areas that bring in the flood situation over the state.
As of now, the Brahmaputra at Nimatighat in Jorhat, Dikhow at Sizasagar town, Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, Jia Bharali at NT Road Crossing in Sonitpur and Beki at Road Bridge in Barpeta are streaming over the peril stamp which has caused deluge over the state.
Skymet Weather for the next few days also does not anticipate any major relief from the flood conditions. Moderate rains with isolated heavy spells are likely to continue over the region. These rains would collectively have the potential to cause the water level to rise in the rivers. Hence, a close watch and caution is needed to be maintained for any escalation of flood threat on account of incessant rains.
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