Guwahati: The flood condition in Assam remained grim on Monday with overnight heavy rainfall across several parts of the state, inundating villages, towns, and farmlands. According to the daily flood report of Assam’s State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 33,400 people are affected by floods in Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Hojai, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, and Udalguri districts. Lakhimpur is the worst hit, with over 25,200 people affected.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a ‘Red Alert’ and predicted ‘very heavy to ‘extremely heavy rainfall’ across several districts of Assam till Thursday. IMD’s Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Guwahati has issued a ‘Red Alert’ with a prediction of “heavy (7–11 cm in 24 hours) to very heavy (11–20 cm in 24 hours) with extremely heavy rainfall (over 20 cm in 24 hours)” over the lower Assam districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Barpeta, and Bongaigaon.
During the same period, ‘heavy to very heavy’ rainfall is very likely over Dhubri, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Nalbari, Dima Hasao, Cachar, Goalpara, and Karimganj districts, it added.
The administration has been operating one relief camp,besides running 16 relief distribution centres in three districts. At present, 142 villages are under water, and 1,510.98 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam, the ASDMA said.
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