STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Even as the flood situation has improved to an extent in the state, the Brahmaputra is flowing above danger levels at three stretches.
According to the evening report of the CWC (Central Water Commission), the Brahmaputra continues to flow above its danger levels at Neamatighat in the Jorhat district, Tezpur in the Sonitpur district and Dhubri in the Dhubri district.
Barring Guwahati, the water level of the Brahmaputra is falling. The river is steady in Guwahati.
According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati, Assam witnessed heavy rainfall at Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar and Lakhipur in the past 24 hours. The RMC predicts heavy rainfall with lightning in a few places of Chirang and Kokrajhar districts.
According to ASDMA (Assam State Disaster Management Authority), the floods have affected 137 villages in five districts in the state. The districts are Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Sivasagar and Sonitpur. As many as 13,853 people are under the grip of floods in the state.
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