Satellite images show how floods ravaged Assam and Bangladesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Satellite images show how floods ravaged Assam and Bangladesh

India Today  

Continued impact of floods in many parts of India, following a season of relentless rainfall, and landslides has claimed many lives and displaced over four lakh people. A panoramic view of the Sentinel 1A SAR images of the Brahmaputra river extracted from Copernicus services - generated using an active system of recording microwave signals from the earth surface - shows a deeper deluge in contrast to the SAR image captured in May. These false-colour images when joined together, show an extended stretch of the Brahmaputra river, which rolls across northeastern India en route to Bangladesh. Satellite images from the area near Mayong village in Assam show that the scanty river in June has now inflated to blanket an area over 17 kilometres across its floodplains. As per the Dhaka Times, the country has received 35.9 per cent excess rainfall than normal, in the month of August, causing short-term flooding in the river banks.

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Assam floods: Brahmaputra above danger mark, CM Himanta says water receding
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam floods: Brahmaputra above danger mark, CM Himanta says water receding

Hindustan Times  

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the flood situation was improving as the water flowing above the danger mark in Brahmaputra river and its tributaries continued to recede.. Chief Minister Sarma has claimed that the Assam flood situation has improved and water is receding, while the SDRF also begins rescues in Hailakandi district CM Sarma, who was …

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Floods and landslides triggered by …

Assam flood: Brahmaputra swells; 1.05 lakh affected amid heavy rain warning
6 months ago

Assam flood: Brahmaputra swells; 1.05 lakh affected amid heavy rain warning

Hindustan Times  

Over 1.05 lakh people across 14 districts of Assam are hit by the flood triggered by torrential rainfall over the past few days. According to the flood report of Assam State Disaster Management Authority, nearly 96,000 people have been affected in the Karimganj district alone. According to reports, the water level of the mighty Brahmaputra River has risen due to …

Uttarakhand rain updates: IMD forecasts intense rains for next three days
1 year, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand rain updates: IMD forecasts intense rains for next three days

Live Mint  

As the intense rains continue to wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh, the Indian Meteorological Department said that the intensity of rains is expected to reduce in the state from Tuesday. But, the state of Uttarakhand is going to witness similar intensity of rains for the next three days, the weather department said. “We have given a warning for extremely heavy …

Incessant rain creates flooding in several parts of Assam; nearly 33,500 people hit
1 year, 6 months ago

Incessant rain creates flooding in several parts of Assam; nearly 33,500 people hit

The Hindu  

The flood condition in Assam remained grim on June 19 with overnight heavy rainfall across several parts of the State, inundating villages, towns and farmlands. The India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘Red Alert’ and predicted ‘very heavy’ to ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall across several districts of Assam till June 22. IMD‘s Regional Meteorological Centre in Guwahati has issued a ‘Red …

Brahmaputra's water level rises in Assam's Dibrugarh due to incessant heavy rainfall
2 years, 2 months ago

Brahmaputra's water level rises in Assam's Dibrugarh due to incessant heavy rainfall

Firstpost  

The India Meteorological Department on Sunday informed that heavy rainfall is likely to continue over various states Dibrugarh: The water level of streams of the Brahmaputra rose in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Monday due to incessant heavy rainfall causing waterlogging in several parts of the city. The India Meteorological Department on Sunday informed that heavy rainfall is likely to continue over …

Explained | Assam’s annual tryst with devastating floods
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained | Assam’s annual tryst with devastating floods

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Brahmaputra Valley that encompasses the Northeast part of India witnesses floods almost every year, leaving behind a tale of death and destruction. Around 40 per cent of Assam’s land — 31.05 lakh hectares of the total 78.5 lakh hectares — is prone to floods, according to the National Commission on Floods. Nearly 30 per cent …

NE floods: Climate is not the only villain
2 years, 6 months ago

NE floods: Climate is not the only villain

Hindustan Times  

In one of the worst episodes of flooding in India’s ecologically critical Northeastern region, five states -- Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh -- have been badly affected. The deluge and landslides have killed at least 100 people, displaced thousands, affected livelihoods, destroyed properties and expensive infrastructure worth crores, and inundated national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. PREMIUM National Disaster …

Climate change a factor in ‘unprecedented’ South Asia floods
2 years, 6 months ago

Climate change a factor in ‘unprecedented’ South Asia floods

Associated Press  

SYLHET, Bangladesh — Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and early rains that triggered unprecedented floods in Bangladesh and northeastern India, killing dozens and making lives miserable for millions of others. The pattern of monsoons, vital for the agrarian economies of India and Bangladesh, has been shifting since the 1950s, with longer dry spells interspersed with …

AP PHOTOS: India, Bangladesh floods destroy homes, lives
2 years, 6 months ago

AP PHOTOS: India, Bangladesh floods destroy homes, lives

Associated Press  

SYLHET, Bangladesh — Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina surveyed many of the flooded areas by helicopter Tuesday and urged regional leaders to speed up relief efforts at a …

ISRO Releases First Images of Glacier Burst at Raini, Tapovan as Toll Rises to 32 in Uttarakhand
3 years, 10 months ago

ISRO Releases First Images of Glacier Burst at Raini, Tapovan as Toll Rises to 32 in Uttarakhand

News 18  

The Indian Space Research Organisation has released first images of the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district in which 32 people have so far been confirmed dead and over 170 remain missing. The satellite images, released by the ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre, shed light on the damage to infrastructure at the Tapovan hydroelectric plant. Another photo shows damage to …

Warning System, Glacier Studies: Glaciologists Suggest Ways to Address Uttarakhand-like Tragedies
3 years, 10 months ago

Warning System, Glacier Studies: Glaciologists Suggest Ways to Address Uttarakhand-like Tragedies

News 18  

While the investigation is ongoing to ascertain the cause of flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, it is being suspected that either an avalanche or a glacier lake outburst flood was responsible for it. This warming has led to a significant melting and decline in glacier mass over the Himalayan region in recent decades.” Despite the rapid modification in glacial …

Expert team to assess Uttarakhand glacial burst using satellite images: Official
3 years, 10 months ago

Expert team to assess Uttarakhand glacial burst using satellite images: Official

Hindustan Times  

The Geological Survey of India on Monday said that it was soon to predict the cause of the glacial burst in Uttarakhand that led to flash floods in the state’s Chamoli district. An official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI that post the devastation, another committee will be constituted to assess the incident, adding, prima facie, “it's glacial …

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