Death toll reaches 82 as 1.92 lakh people remain affected by floods in Assam
Floods in Assam have affected nearly 200,000 people, with the death toll rising to 82. The state government is coordinating relief efforts and planning to meet with insurance companies and financial institutions to provide relief to affected residents.
Why it matters
It underscores the ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis caused by seasonal flooding in Northeast India.
Assam's Sivasagar, Golaghat, Jorhat, Nagaon and Charaideo districts continued to reel under flood, with 1.92 lakh people in the state still affected, while two fatalities took the death toll to 82, officials said on Saturday (August 1, 2026).
The flood situation has improved since Thursday (July 30, 2026), when more than two lakh people in eight districts were affected.
However, Dikhow and Dhansiri rivers were reported to be in "severe flood situation" at Sivasagar and Numaligarh in Golaghat, with the authorities urging the people to stay away.
Officials said that around 13,000 people were sheltered in 54 relief camps. Another 26 relief distribution centres were open, catering to 5,384 people. Multiple agencies, including the NDRF and SDRF, were carrying out relief operations.
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