The flood fury over the northeastern state of Assam has not yet halted and the situation seeks no change. In fact, on the past day, the flood situation worsened and claimed three more lives, making the death toll to rise to 41 from 38 a day before.
The flood fury also captured three more districts apart from the already battling five, making the count to eight. The eight districts include Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Biswanath (flash floods), Udalguri, Barpeta, Golaghat, Sivasagar, and Charaideo.
In total Assam has 27 districts and the only valley amongst the seven northeastern states shares its boundaries with heterogeneous terrains. The state shares its borders with all the other six states namely, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, and Mizoram. The other six either enjoy a mountain terrain or are a combination of the mountain with very little plains.
Assam is one of the rainiest pockets of the country during the Southwest Monsoon season and is vulnerable to natural calamities like floods due to heavy rains. The state is further divided into two divisions, Upper Assam and Lower Assam. The state is peculiar of having uneven distribution in different pockets, ranging from large excesses to large deficits during the similar piece of time.
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Monsoon arrived over the state on time and the onset phase was good with the state recording a fair amount of rains. The rainfall performance of the state was under the normal bracket with the month of June ending at minus 19%.
The state never came out of the deficit phase in the month of July as well and retained the deficiency with further addition. The cumulative rains at the end of July (from June 1 to July 31) stood at a deficit of 27%.
Out of the 27 districts, 13 are rain deficit varying from -27% to -80%. Whereas, 13 other districts fall under the normal category with low deficiency ranging from -2% to -19%.
Last year also, Assam was rain deficit and the trend is observed that rains are below par. Halfway through Monsoon, the state is still a deficit. As per the records, it may cover up by the second half but entire coverage is not likely.
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