It took just a week for drought-affected Assam to be deluged: DTE Analysis

Not all embankments can stop floods, as has happened this time in Assam, say experts

Expect Assam floods to worsen in the next few days

Possibility of fresh floods in Meghalaya, Arunachal, Sikkim, north Bengal too

Simply Put: Boat-life, not lifeboat

Assam floods: More people affected now than ever but state allocation for control dipped

Over 300,000 people shifted to relief camps in last 2 months

Bedevilled Barak: 2022 Assam deluge damaged houses in Katigorah, pushing locals to flood-proof their dwellings

Villagers are ready to spend lakhs on raising the ground while building houses, say locals

Bedevilled Barak: How a PHC in Katigorah rebuilt itself after the 2022 Assam floods

People managing the facility have not estimated losses incurred during the floods or received additional government funds

Bedevilled Barak: How a Katigorah school is building resilience after 2022 Assam floods

The higher secondary school in Cachar district suffered immense damage during floods more than a year ago

Bedevilled Barak: DTE reconstructs what went wrong in Katigorah during 2022 Assam floods

Unique geographical settings, non-functional sluice gates of the vulnerbale revenue circle of Cachar district led to inundation

Raised shelters, changing crop patterns: How Assam is adapting to frequent floods

Assamese villagers are adopting climate-proofing or flood-resilient mechanisms to cope with floods better

Assam reflects world’s protracted disaster-induced displacement

Latest report on global internal displacement shows disasters continue to displace more and people are living longer in relief camps  

Are we inured to weather crises?

Not the number of natural disasters; we now need to keep an account of losses and damages

Floods and COVID-19: Tale of twin disasters

An episode that plays itself out every year: Assam is reeling under floods, yet again. As the COVID-19 pandemic silently rages in the background, …

It’ll take Assam 943 years to protect itself from floods at current pace of adaptation measures

Flood-prone Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya will need 966, 935 & 996 years respectively

Here is what Assam can do to prevent floods

It can strengthen embankments, dredge rivers, address river erosion and take wise policy decisions

Climate change, poor planning: Why Assam’s floods are getting worse

The current spate of floods in Assam claimed 71 lives and affected nearly 3.2 million people in 32 districts

DTE Ground Report: Flood camps have become second homes for people in Assam

The administration has hardly done anything to address recurrent flooding; people consequently have been left on their own

Assam: 94% of the state’s districts in the grip of floods

Every seventh Assamese is now a flood-victim, with 4.2 million people affected by floods across the state

Watery grave: How garbage, encroachments contaminated Guwahati’s only river

Natural and artificial drains in the city get clogged during heavy rains and spill on to the roads

Extreme rainfall in June may lead to longer flood duration in India, warn experts

A weak monsoon cycle, coupled with extreme and excessive rainfall, has caused flash floods in India

Assam floods: 85% of Kaziranga submerged, 9 one-horned rhinos dead

The national park is home to more than 2,000 one-horned rhinos, the largest population of this species in the world

What happened to India’s flood management plan?

There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …