STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam has worsened a little today when another person lost his life in Bokakhat Revenue Circle in the Golaghat district. With this, the death toll from floods this season has increased to ten. The Brahmaputra was flowing above the danger level at Neamatighat in the Jorhat district yesterday and today too. The Dikhou River in Sivasagar is also flowing above the danger level today.
According to the CWC (Central Water Commission) report, the water level of the Brahmaputra is maintaining its rising trend in Tezpur, Guwahati, Goalpara, and Dhubri.
Thirty-one villages in five districts—Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, and Sivasagar—are under the grip of floods in the state. According to the ASDMA’s (Assam State Disaster Management Authority) flood report, the deluge affected 6,863 people in the five districts today.
Meanwhile, the RMC (Regional Meteorological Centre), Guwahati, predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning over Assam in the next four to five days. The RMC has issued a special rainfall warning for Kokrajhar, Chirang, Bongaogaon, and Cachar districts.
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