NEW DELHI: The flood situation in Assam worsened today, with five deaths reported while flash floods affected three districts in Tripura where at least 4,500 families were rendered homeless.
Mainly clear skies prevailed in the national capital with the maximum temperature settling at 34.9 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature was pegged at 27.7 degrees Celsius, a Met department official said.
The humidity level oscillated between 78 and 58 per cent.
According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two persons died in Dhemaji and one person each in Lakhimpur, Kokrajhar and Morigaon districts.
With these, the total number of persons losing their lives in this year’s flood-related incidents across Assam went up to 89.
ASDMA said 11 lakh people were affected in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Morigaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
The ASDMA report said Dhubri was the worst-affected where 1.92 lakh people were hit, followed by Dhemaji where 1.51 lakh people have been affected by the calamity. (AGENCIES)
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