By PTI
GUWAHATI: Nearly 21,000 individuals have been affected by flood in Assam, an official bulletin mentioned on Wednesday.
According to the each day flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), greater than 20,900 individuals have been hit attributable to flooding in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts.
Over 20,700 individuals are struggling in Lakhimpur whereas 160 individuals have been affected in Dhemaji, it mentioned.
Currently, 19 villages have been inundated and crops in over 13.5 hectares of land have been broken, the bulletin mentioned.
However, in different districts together with Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dima Hasao, Dibrugarh and Golaghat districts, floodwaters haven’t entered homes however embankments, roads, bridges and different infrastructure have been broken.
The flood was precipitated after the northeastern state acquired heavy rainfall over the previous couple of days. No river, nevertheless, is flowing above the hazard mark as of now, the bulletin mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Guwahati-based Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) mentioned that heavy rainfall is anticipated within the Northeast over the following 5 days.
“Moisture incursion attributable to sturdy low-level southerly/southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to Northeast India could be very possible in the course of the subsequent 5 days.
Under its affect, pretty widespread rainfall exercise with heavy to very heavy with extraordinarily heavy rainfall/thunderstorm with lightning could be very prone to happen over the northeastern area in the course of the subsequent 5 days,” it mentioned in a press release.
For the following three days, the RMC issued an ‘orange alert’, adopted by a ‘yellow alert’ for the next two days.
‘Yellow alert’ stands for watch and be up to date, whereas ‘orange alert’ implies to be ready for motion.
GUWAHATI: Nearly 21,000 individuals have been affected by flood in Assam, an official bulletin mentioned on Wednesday.
According to the each day flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), greater than 20,900 individuals have been hit attributable to flooding in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts.
Over 20,700 individuals are struggling in Lakhimpur whereas 160 individuals have been affected in Dhemaji, it mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Currently, 19 villages have been inundated and crops in over 13.5 hectares of land have been broken, the bulletin mentioned.
However, in different districts together with Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dima Hasao, Dibrugarh and Golaghat districts, floodwaters haven’t entered homes however embankments, roads, bridges and different infrastructure have been broken.
The flood was precipitated after the northeastern state acquired heavy rainfall over the previous couple of days. No river, nevertheless, is flowing above the hazard mark as of now, the bulletin mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Guwahati-based Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) mentioned that heavy rainfall is anticipated within the Northeast over the following 5 days.
“Moisture incursion attributable to sturdy low-level southerly/southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to Northeast India could be very possible in the course of the subsequent 5 days.
Under its affect, pretty widespread rainfall exercise with heavy to very heavy with extraordinarily heavy rainfall/thunderstorm with lightning could be very prone to happen over the northeastern area in the course of the subsequent 5 days,” it mentioned in a press release.
For the following three days, the RMC issued an ‘orange alert’, adopted by a ‘yellow alert’ for the next two days.
‘Yellow alert’ stands for watch and be up to date, whereas ‘orange alert’ implies to be ready for motion.