2 min readGuwahatiUpdated: Jul 22, 2026 11:14 AM IST
The flood situation in Upper Assam deteriorated significantly on Tuesday, with 21 people losing their lives in 24 hours, according to a late bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority.
The number of those affected by the furious floods in the state rose from three lakh on Sunday and Monday to 5.6 lakh on Tuesday.
The worst affected district continues to be Upper Assam’s Sivasagar, which has been inundated by the swelling of the River Dikhow, which was flowing in a “severe flood situation” as of Wednesday morning.
Thirteen people lost their lives on Monday in Sivasagar alone, including two children. Six people died in the neighbouring districts of Charaideo and Jorhat, while one person died in Golaghat. This large number of deaths in a single day has taken this year’s flood related death toll to 31.
Because of the worsening situation, 12,284 people are currently staying in relief camps across seven districts. A total of 6,101 people have been evacuated by boats, including 5,764 from Sivasagar.
Multiple rivers in Assam have been flowing well over their danger levels since Sunday, flooding large swathes of Upper Assam with levels not seen in recent year.
As of Wednesday morning, the Disang in Sivasagar’s Nanglamoraghat, the Dikhow in Sivasagar, the Dhansiri in Golaghat’s Numaligarh, and the Kushiyara in the Barak Valley’s Karimganj were all flowing between “severe” and “extreme” flood situations.