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Floods in Assam: The Case for Rethinking Adaptation
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Floods in Assam: The Case for Rethinking Adaptation
That has resulted in one of the worst floods ever recorded in Assam. As of 3 July, flood has affected 1,835,551 people in 26 out of the state's 35 districts and it submerged 471.98 square kilometers (47,198.87 hectares) of cropland. [1] About 200 people have died so far. Earlier on 22 June the floods had affected 5,457,601 people in 32 ...
2020 Assam floods
2020 Assam floods refers to the significant flood event of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian north-eastern state of Assam and coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.Initial flooding started in May 2020 due to heavy rainfall affecting 30,000 and destroying crops across 5 districts. As of October 2020 the floods affected over five million people, claiming the lives of 123 people, with an ...
How Assam's Mising community is coping with floods through
Architectural innovations are helping the community adapt to the annual flood hazard and reduce disaster risk in some of the region's most flood-prone areas. Assam's Dhemaji district which borders Arunachal Pradesh is one of India's most flood-prone areas. In 2022, over 100,000 people in the district were affected by three waves of flood.
Flood Exposure and Social Vulnerability during 2020 Assam Floods
The study area witnessed major floods in the years 2000 and 2020 (Flood Hazard Atlas, Assam State Disaster Management Authority 2016; Sharma et al. 2021; Water Resources, Government of Assam 2022 ...
Spatial Assessment of Flood Susceptibility in Assam, India: A
The study makes a unique contribution by identifying the flood susceptible zones in Assam, a state afflicted by recurrent floods. The derived FSMs of the region can be used for effective decision making in flood management, as well as for strategic planning and mitigation measures toward flood events in the future. ... A case study of a ...
Situation Report
The current situation is summarised below: Assam, a state prone to flooding and erosion, has been inundated with flooding and the resulting landslides for the past five days, with 28 districts ...
Assam: India floods destroy millions of homes and dreams
21 June 2022. Climate. Floods in Assam have killed at least 45 and displaced more than 4.7 million people. By Dilip Kumar Sharma in Assam & Zoya Mateen in Delhi. BBC News. "There was water ...
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Assam, India Floods 2022 Situation Report 08 July 2022 Highlights • 2nd wave of floods in Assam which started on 14 June has improved considerably. As of 7 July, 0.91 million people including 0.23 million children and 0.32 million women from 707 villages of 14/35 districts are affected. One hundred and eighty six lives lost and 37 people have ...
UNICEF India Assam Floods Humanitarian Situation Report, 8 ...
With overall reduction in rainfall, 2nd wave of floods in Assam that started on 14 June has improved considerably. As of 7 July, 0.91 million people including 0.23 million children and 0.32 ...
'All is lost': Floods in India's Assam leave trail of destruction
27 Jun 2022. Nellie and Raha, Assam - Sakina Khatoon is among 300 people marooned in a reserve forest for more than a week since the deadly floods ravaged at least 12 villages in Nellie in ...
'He never returned': Widespread misery in India's flooded Assam
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority's (ASDMA) bulletin on Wednesday said nearly 600,000 people in the state's 15 districts continue to be affected by the floods and more than 72,000 ...
Mising Tribe of Assam: Ingenious Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation
Overall, the Mising tribe of Assam has been successful in cultivating resiliency in the face of a flood-prone river, and now a new foe, climate change. Though it is testing the limits of this Indigenous flood prevention strategy, with a little help, the Mising chang ghar tradition is meeting the challenge. They have a lot to teach the rest of ...
'Like a scene from Titanic': floods in Assam submerge entire villages
But this year they say the situation is dramatically worse. "It was like a scene from Titanic," one man told local media of the rising waters that have flooded all but two of the state's ...
(PDF) Disaster recovery and resilience: Case study of Assam floods
2. Methodology The overarching methodological approach adopted for this study is the case study method. The study area chosen was in Assam with a history of recurring floods and erosion. The case study approach was useful to explore the community recovery processes and organizational approaches to respond to the humanitarian and recovery needs.
Disaster Risk Governance and Response Management for Flood: A Case
According to the Flood Hazard Atlas of Assam (ISRO 2011), approximately 28.31% (22.21 lakh hectares) of land in the State of Assam was affected by flood hazard between the period 1998 and 2007 (Tables 8.2 and 8.3).In the above study, the flood-prone areas were divided into categories based on frequency which range from very high to very low.
Protecting the vanishing geo-cultural heritage of India: Case study of
In recent years, Water Resource Department (WRD) of Assam has carried out an extensive study on flood and erosion management strategies along the Brahmaputra. They have installed a three-layer protective measure with Geo-Bags, Geo-Tubes, and Geo-mattresses in Matmora (North of Majuli) for preliminary study.
ASSAM FLOODS-2022
ASSAM FLOODS-2022. The state of Assam has been facing severe floods and landslides since April 6, 2022 due to pre-monsoon showers followed by south-west monsoon 2022. As per CWC (Central Water Commission) bulletin Rivers namely Kopili, Brahmaputra, Burhidihing & Disang are flowing above danger level, Barak (at BP Ghat, Karimganj at AP Ghat ...
Urban Flood- a Case Study of Guwahati City, Kamrup (Metropolitan), Assam
Rapid Urbanization: Unplanned urban growth of the city. Increasing of Urbanization in the city from 80.23% in 2001 to 82.9% in 2011 according to the percentage of the urban population in 2011 ...
(PDF) Flood Disaster Management in Assam
The districts of Cachar, Kokrajhar, Jorhat, Kamrup, and Dhubri were the most affected by floods and deforestation. The 2022 Assam flood encompassed approximately 24,507.27 km2 of vegetation loss ...
Assam floods: Rising water displaces tens of thousands in ...
Unrelenting monsoon rains have triggered severe flooding in the Indian state of Assam, killing at least 85 people, displacing tens of thousands residents and drowning rare wildlife in a national park.
IRJET-A Case Study on the Flood Situation of Assam State
The aim of this paper is to find out the causes of this drastic flood disaster, its impact on the area under study and suggest remedial solution to deal with this natural disaster in future. The paper also intends to compare the severity of floods occurred in the year of 2005 and 2019. Download Free PDF. View PDF.
Analysing barriers to humanitarian logistics for ...
A recent natural calamity that happened in the state of Assam, India, has been selected as a viable case study for the study. Existing barriers to HL have been identified from the prior literature. The factors are further validated by the practitioners and experts in the case context using the Grey-Delphi technique.
Assessing future changes in flood frequencies under CMIP6 climate
Climate change is altering flood risk globally, with local variations prompting the necessity for regional assessments to guide the planning and management of water-related infrastructures. This study details an integrated framework for assessing future changes in flood frequencies, using the case of Bitlis Creek (Turkey).
Distribution of selenium: A case study of the Drava, Danube and
Abstract. This paper presents the results of the research on the overall distribution of selenium (Se) in various aquatic compartments (water, sediment, plankton and macrophytes) at six selected sites of the Croatian part of the Drava and Danube rivers, the connected floodplain lake and the melioration channel system carried out in two sampling periods (flooding in June and the drought period ...
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That has resulted in one of the worst floods ever recorded in Assam. As of 3 July, flood has affected 1,835,551 people in 26 out of the state's 35 districts and it submerged 471.98 square kilometers (47,198.87 hectares) of cropland. [1] About 200 people have died so far. Earlier on 22 June the floods had affected 5,457,601 people in 32 ...
2020 Assam floods refers to the significant flood event of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian north-eastern state of Assam and coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.Initial flooding started in May 2020 due to heavy rainfall affecting 30,000 and destroying crops across 5 districts. As of October 2020 the floods affected over five million people, claiming the lives of 123 people, with an ...
Architectural innovations are helping the community adapt to the annual flood hazard and reduce disaster risk in some of the region's most flood-prone areas. Assam's Dhemaji district which borders Arunachal Pradesh is one of India's most flood-prone areas. In 2022, over 100,000 people in the district were affected by three waves of flood.
The study area witnessed major floods in the years 2000 and 2020 (Flood Hazard Atlas, Assam State Disaster Management Authority 2016; Sharma et al. 2021; Water Resources, Government of Assam 2022 ...
The study makes a unique contribution by identifying the flood susceptible zones in Assam, a state afflicted by recurrent floods. The derived FSMs of the region can be used for effective decision making in flood management, as well as for strategic planning and mitigation measures toward flood events in the future. ... A case study of a ...
The current situation is summarised below: Assam, a state prone to flooding and erosion, has been inundated with flooding and the resulting landslides for the past five days, with 28 districts ...
21 June 2022. Climate. Floods in Assam have killed at least 45 and displaced more than 4.7 million people. By Dilip Kumar Sharma in Assam & Zoya Mateen in Delhi. BBC News. "There was water ...
Assam, India Floods 2022 Situation Report 08 July 2022 Highlights • 2nd wave of floods in Assam which started on 14 June has improved considerably. As of 7 July, 0.91 million people including 0.23 million children and 0.32 million women from 707 villages of 14/35 districts are affected. One hundred and eighty six lives lost and 37 people have ...
With overall reduction in rainfall, 2nd wave of floods in Assam that started on 14 June has improved considerably. As of 7 July, 0.91 million people including 0.23 million children and 0.32 ...
27 Jun 2022. Nellie and Raha, Assam - Sakina Khatoon is among 300 people marooned in a reserve forest for more than a week since the deadly floods ravaged at least 12 villages in Nellie in ...
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority's (ASDMA) bulletin on Wednesday said nearly 600,000 people in the state's 15 districts continue to be affected by the floods and more than 72,000 ...
Overall, the Mising tribe of Assam has been successful in cultivating resiliency in the face of a flood-prone river, and now a new foe, climate change. Though it is testing the limits of this Indigenous flood prevention strategy, with a little help, the Mising chang ghar tradition is meeting the challenge. They have a lot to teach the rest of ...
But this year they say the situation is dramatically worse. "It was like a scene from Titanic," one man told local media of the rising waters that have flooded all but two of the state's ...
2. Methodology The overarching methodological approach adopted for this study is the case study method. The study area chosen was in Assam with a history of recurring floods and erosion. The case study approach was useful to explore the community recovery processes and organizational approaches to respond to the humanitarian and recovery needs.
According to the Flood Hazard Atlas of Assam (ISRO 2011), approximately 28.31% (22.21 lakh hectares) of land in the State of Assam was affected by flood hazard between the period 1998 and 2007 (Tables 8.2 and 8.3).In the above study, the flood-prone areas were divided into categories based on frequency which range from very high to very low.
In recent years, Water Resource Department (WRD) of Assam has carried out an extensive study on flood and erosion management strategies along the Brahmaputra. They have installed a three-layer protective measure with Geo-Bags, Geo-Tubes, and Geo-mattresses in Matmora (North of Majuli) for preliminary study.
ASSAM FLOODS-2022. The state of Assam has been facing severe floods and landslides since April 6, 2022 due to pre-monsoon showers followed by south-west monsoon 2022. As per CWC (Central Water Commission) bulletin Rivers namely Kopili, Brahmaputra, Burhidihing & Disang are flowing above danger level, Barak (at BP Ghat, Karimganj at AP Ghat ...
Rapid Urbanization: Unplanned urban growth of the city. Increasing of Urbanization in the city from 80.23% in 2001 to 82.9% in 2011 according to the percentage of the urban population in 2011 ...
The districts of Cachar, Kokrajhar, Jorhat, Kamrup, and Dhubri were the most affected by floods and deforestation. The 2022 Assam flood encompassed approximately 24,507.27 km2 of vegetation loss ...
Unrelenting monsoon rains have triggered severe flooding in the Indian state of Assam, killing at least 85 people, displacing tens of thousands residents and drowning rare wildlife in a national park.
The aim of this paper is to find out the causes of this drastic flood disaster, its impact on the area under study and suggest remedial solution to deal with this natural disaster in future. The paper also intends to compare the severity of floods occurred in the year of 2005 and 2019. Download Free PDF. View PDF.
A recent natural calamity that happened in the state of Assam, India, has been selected as a viable case study for the study. Existing barriers to HL have been identified from the prior literature. The factors are further validated by the practitioners and experts in the case context using the Grey-Delphi technique.
Climate change is altering flood risk globally, with local variations prompting the necessity for regional assessments to guide the planning and management of water-related infrastructures. This study details an integrated framework for assessing future changes in flood frequencies, using the case of Bitlis Creek (Turkey).
Abstract. This paper presents the results of the research on the overall distribution of selenium (Se) in various aquatic compartments (water, sediment, plankton and macrophytes) at six selected sites of the Croatian part of the Drava and Danube rivers, the connected floodplain lake and the melioration channel system carried out in two sampling periods (flooding in June and the drought period ...