-Scroll.in The number of residents affected by the flood reduced substantially to 22.17 lakh on Saturday from 29.70 lakh a day ago. The toll due to floods and landslides in Assam rose to 174 after one person died in the state on Saturday, India Today reported. The death on Saturday took place in the Cachar district due to floods, according to the state disaster management authority. The number of residents affected by the floods...
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In one of the wettest places on earth, devastating landslides and flash floods leave 34 dead -Rokibuz Zaman
-Scroll.in The state has said excess rainfall is to blame but experts and activists on the ground say rampant mining and construction has destroyed the landscape. On the morning of June 17, it was raining heavily when a family of five sat down to have breakfast in Kenmynsaw village in Meghalaya’s East Khasi village. The rainfall triggered landslides in the area. As they heard the rumble of a landslide, 54-year-old Drit Byrsaw and...
More »Assam's Silchar still under water, CM says flood was 'man-made' -Sumir Karnakar
-Deccan Herald The death toll due to floods and landslides reached 121 with four deaths reported on Saturday. Of this, 21 deaths were in the Cachar district Guwahati: As most parts of south Assam city Silchar remained inundated even on the sixth day on Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the flood was "man-made." "The flood here this time is man-made. I have got information that the embankment which protects Silchar...
More »Assam floods: Silchar Submerged for Sixth day; Death Toll Rises to 118
-PTI/ Newsclick.in Ten more people have died in the past 24 hours due to floods and landslides in the state. Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Saturday with the death count rising to 118 and Silchar town in Cachar district submerged for the sixth straight day, officials said. Ten more people have died in the past 24 hours -- two each from Barpeta, Dhubri, Karimganj and Udalguri districts and one...
More »Maharashtra’s female farm workforce struggles in the shadows of floods -Sanket Jain
-India.Mongabay.com * Some women agricultural labourers in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur and Sangli districts are reporting disruptions to their physical and mental wellbeing as they deal with the aftereffects of floods in 2019 and 2021 and uncertainty of climate. * Healthcare systems need to take an integrated and cohesive view of public health, recommend experts. * There is a lack of health data that connects climate change to its impact on health. Early warning systems...
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