The flood situation in central and lower Assam turned critical, with the water level of the Brahmaputra rising alarmingly and flowing above the danger mark in most places. The situation continued to be grim in upper Assam too. The death toll in the current wave of the flood has gone up to 18 and seven persons were reported missing on Tuesday.
As over 17.60 lakh flood-hit people, including about four lakh of them in relief camps, suffered in 16 affected districts, food packets were dropped by the Army and Indian Air Force helicopters in some of worst-hit areas such as the Majuli river-island in upper Assam's Jorhat district, Sootea in Sonitpur district, Sadiya sub-division in upper Assam's Tinsukia district.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/flood-situation-turns-critical-assam
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sushanta-talukdar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jorhat-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sonitpur
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tinsukia-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brahmaputra
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sibsagar-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kaziranga-sa
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
