As many as 15 districts have been affected by floods in Assam so far. River Brahmaputra and its tributaries continue to flow above the danger level submerging villages and causing widespread damage. Nearly 11,000 hectares of crop is currently under water intermittent spells of rain have only made the situation worse.
Usually, flood situation in the region becomes grave when it rains over upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh thereby feeding the catchment areas. Even when it stops raining or the intensity of rain goes down, rivers keep responding, and heavy rain in patches causes more trouble.
In the last 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Sunday, Itanagar has received 8.8 mm rainfall, Pasighat 5.2 mm, Lakhimpur 17 mm, Guwahati 3.2 mm, and Dibrugarh has recorded traces of rainfall. Moreover, Tezpur which is located in the northern bank has also received 0.2 mm rainfall. Jorhat in the southern bank has also recorded 5.3 mm rainfall. Thus in the last 24 hours, intensity of rainfall may have taken a beating but light to moderate rain continues over the region.
The cyclonic circulation persisting over Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining areas seems to be less marked now. Additionally, a system is likely to come up in the Bay of Bengal. Such a system usually leads to an improvement in the condition of areas affected by floods.
Rainfall activity over the region has reduced and less amount of rain is expected in the region over the next 48 hours or so. But even then, the flood situation will persist. However, a marginal improvement in the situation is likely, but only gradually. Simply speaking, the flood situation in Assam is not likely to worsen and a certain amount of respite isn’t too far away.
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