Explainer series: Tracking climate crisis in North East India

Climate change behind increasing variability and unpredictability of rainfall in the region, say experts
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Over the past century or so, rainfall in the region, along with the flood-drought cycle, has changed character for the worse. The phenomenon has picked up pace in recent years
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DTE analyses geography of 8 northeastern states and shows what changing climate and rainfall patterns mean for the region
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Drying up of water springs, land degradation, sandy soils of the Brahamputra point to a grim situation in the region
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The Kumutiya river floods every year, destroying crops and houses. The river has shifted 3 km since 1960, and an entire village has had to shift with it
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Nagaland’s Wokha district experienced at least 3 heavy-to-very heavy rainfall events in 2018
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Overall rainfall and rainy days in Assam’s Golaghat district have decreased, but heavy rainfall days have increased
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From Bhalukpong on border of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam to Morgung village in West Kameng district, at least 10 major mountain springs have dried up, DTE observed
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Increased rainfall leads to decline in rice productivity: New diseases have emerged, pest attacks on the rise
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