Assam floods: Sivasagar survivors recount harrowing escape; face long recovery
Residents of Sivasagar, Assam, are sharing harrowing accounts of survival after severe floods destroyed their homes and livelihoods. The disaster has resulted in 68 deaths across the state and left thousands of survivors facing significant recovery challenges.
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Forced to spend 12 hours atop a wooden divan floating in the floodwaters that engulfed their home in the worst-hit Sivasagar district of Assam , septuagenarian couple survived the deluge but lost everything.
Communication ceased when their mobile phone batteries ran out. Rescued by boat 10 days ago from the heart of the eastern Assam town of Nazira, retired professor Mukul Bezbora and his wife Bonti Bezbora now face an uncertain future with nothing but the clothes on their back and a house filled with silt and debris.
A vast field of debris bears witness to the destruction left behind by powerful floodwaters in Sivasagar, Assam, on Sunday (July 26, 2026). | Photo Credit: ANI
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