information about flood in assam in 2019
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➢Flood water claimed one life at Bajali in Barpeta district taking the total death toll to 91 since Sunday night, the ASDMA said.
The affected districts are Darrang, Barpeta, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Jorhat and Cachar.
Morigaon is the worst affected district with a population of 25,888 reelings under the floodwater, followed by Barpeta with 9,554 and Jorhat with 3,762 people affected.
The flood victims are returning to their homes but 2,816 people are still lodged in 11 relief camps at Chirang, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon and Jorhat districts.
A total crop area of 16,221 hectares of land was still under floodwater.
The rivers flowing above the danger level include the Brahmaputra at Neamatighat in Jorhat, the Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, the Desang at Nanglamuraghat in Sibsagar and the Kushiara in Karimganj, the ASDMA added.
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Assam is the land of two mighty rivers – Brahmaputra and Barak. Each year these two rivers and their tributaries cause floods in vast areas of Assam which leads to human misery and devastation of nature. This year, more than 30 districts including lower and upper Assam have been severely affected.
Several factors including natural and artificial are responsible for the re-occurrence of floods in Assam. First and foremost, Assam lies in the heart of monsoon belt and so gets overburdened with rainfall every rainy season. Due to this, the river along with its tributaries such as Subansiri, Manas, Kopili, Jia-Bhoroli, etc. get flooded and their banks overflow flooding the vast plain of the state. Secondly, the existence of long ranges of mountains on its northern and eastern boundaries compels the water to flow down into the vast plain causing the rivers to swell. Thirdly, every year due to heavy natural as well as artificial land sliding, Assam loses hundreds of kilometres of its land area. This soil erosion makes the river shallow, which later helps in the creation of a heavy flood.