Why have three Assam districts borne the brunt of floods | Explained
The story so far: Assam is used to the annual floods, but the authorities and the inhabitants of three historically near-untouched districts—Charaideo, Jorhat, and Sivasagar—have borne the brunt this time. The Assam government told the 126-member Assembly on July 23 that the situation has been the worst in 60 years. Scientists say climatic uncertainty is the “new normal” and no part of Assam or the rest of the northeastern region can or hope to stay unaffected.Why is Assam flood-prone?Ancient texts regarded Assam as a waterscape, academician Arupjyoti Saikia wrote in The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra.
- ▪The story so far: Assam is used to the annual floods, but the authorities and the inhabitants of three historically near-untouched districts—Charaideo, Jorhat, and Sivasagar—have borne the brunt this time.
- ▪The Assam government told the 126-member Assembly on July 23 that the situation has been the worst in 60 years.
- ▪Scientists say climatic uncertainty is the “new normal” and no part of Assam or the rest of the northeastern region can or hope to stay unaffected.Why is Assam flood-prone?Ancient texts regarded Assam as a waterscape, academician Arupjyoti
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The story so far: Assam is used to the annual floods, but the authorities and the inhabitants of three historically near-untouched districts—Charaideo, Jorhat, and Sivasagar—have borne the brunt this time. The Assam government told the 126-member Assembly on July 23 that the situation has been the worst in 60 years. Scientists say climatic uncertainty is the “new normal” and no part of Assam or the rest of the northeastern region can or hope to stay unaffected.Why is Assam flood-prone?Ancient texts regarded Assam as a waterscape, academician Arupjyoti Saikia wrote in The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra.
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