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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. [1] [2] As of October 2020 the floods affected over five million people, claiming the lives of 123 people, with an ...
Assam: India floods destroy millions of homes and dreams
Authorities in Assam say that 32 of its 35 districts have been affected, killing at least 45 people and displacing more than 4.7 million over the last week. Millions displaced in India and ...
(PDF) Flood Disaster Management in Assam
The present study was carried out to analyze the susceptibility of flood using GIS with multi-parametric approach of analytical hierarchy process in Majuli Island of Assam, which is constantly ...
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 ...
2022 Silchar Floods
The 2022 Silchar Floods were floods that occurred in the state of Assam, India beginning 19 June 2022 as a part of 2022 Assam-Bangladesh floods due to a breach of dyke of the Barak River at Bethkundi. The flooding affected 5.4 million people across 32 districts and caused the deaths of over 200 [2] people across the affected districts. [3] [1] Silchar town, located just 1 km from the dyke ...
Uncovering the Extent of Flood Damage using Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery: A
The current work focuses on the case study of the 2020 Assam flood and aims to develop an operational methodology for potential flood-damaged area mapping. Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from April 2020 (before the flood) and July 2020 (after the flood) were used to create water masks based on global thresholding. ...
Uncovering the Extent of Flood Damage using Sentinel-1 SAR ...
The current work focuses on the case study of the 2020 Assam flood and aims to develop an operational methodology for potential flood-damaged area mapping. Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from April 2020 (before the flood) and July 2020 (after the flood) were used to create water masks based on global thresholding. ...
Assam floods: India floods kill dozens and displace millions
Monsoon rains have triggered severe floods in India's north-eastern states, particularly in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. More than 30 deaths have been reported in Assam so far and over four ...
Assam Floods: Drought after deluge
After the record-breaking rains that led to extreme floods in May and June 2022, Assam is reeling under drought. In this article, we analyse various human-induced and geological factors contributing to this calamity. While the government is pushing for more connectivity through roads and railways coupled with flood control through dams and embankments over the fragile ecology, these measures ...
Large-Scale Flood Hazard Monitoring and Impact ...
Assam state in India experiences annual floods that significantly impact the local environment. In 2022, the flooding affected approximately 1.9 million people and 2930 villages, resulting in the ...
Situation Report
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 reporting flooding (Central Water Commission's ...
(PDF) Disaster recovery and resilience: Case study of Assam floods
This case study research of Assam floods in India was undertaken using participatory research tools and key informant interviews to explore the promoting and prohibiting factors to build resilience of the communities suffering from recurrent floods and erosion. This study explores how communities recover from repeated disaster events, what ...
Unprecedented flood cripples Assam, massive loss of life and property
Rahisuddin and his family are one of the millions who have been hit by this year's flood in Assam. As per the latest flood bulletin released by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 31,54,556 people in 2,675 villages in 26 districts are currently affected. As many as 3,12,085 people are currently staying in 560 relief camps ...
UNICEF India Assam Floods Humanitarian Situation Report, 8 ...
Originally published. 15 Jul 2022. Download Report(PDF | 752.16 KB) Highlights. 2nd wave of floods in Assam which started on 14 June has improved considerably. As of 7 July, 0.91 million people ...
Stilt houses help people withstand floods in Assam
Assam has been one of its focus areas since the 2017 flood. "Across India, we've observed people are building homes where they didn't earlier. They are eschewing vernacular architecture for more 'modern' concrete houses," Manu Gupta, co-founder of SEEDS, adds. "In Assam, the construction of embankments and the replacement of ...
Here is what Assam can do to prevent floods
One of the major steps that Assam could undertake could be to strengthen embankments along the Brahmaputra and other rivers, according to the report. Most flood protection structures in Assam are over 50-60 years old. These were constructed on the main stem of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries way back in the 1960s and 1970s and have become ...
Changing climate and its impacts on Assam, Northeast India
We will look at a micro region Majuli island as a case study to understand the impact of climate change and glacial ice melt in the Himalayas and Tibet that triggers floods and bank erosion induced displacement of people in the local environment and how communities cope with it in Assam, India. ... (Assam) India due to flood and erosion by ...
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.
Flood risk assessment using multi-criteria analysis: a case study from
Sharma et al. (Citation 2012) have estimated the village flood risk index for Nagaon district of the Assam state by deriving flood hazard zonation from the historical flood ... infrastructure and land use vulnerabilities at village level keeping the KRB as one of the case studies. In the present approach, flood risk assessment was realized by ...
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.
Gathering insights of the global scenario of floating-bed agriculture
The vegetables cultivated in these gardens can feed the household, and the surplus can be sold. A case study from Puri village of Odisha highlighted how an initial support of INR 2000 (USD 27) provided by the Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (R.C.D.C.) enabled a family to build floating farms and cultivate vegetables.
Gujarat floods worsened by rapid urban development and compromised
A study by IIT Gandhinagar attributes severe flooding in Gujarat to extreme weather, rapid urban development, and compromised drainage systems. The flooding, affecting 15 districts, was ...
Global insights on flood risk mitigation in arid regions using
The devastating flood in the arid region a consequence of rainfall and dam failure: Case study, Al-Lith flood on 23th November 2018, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Z. Geomorphol. 63 , 115-136.
Strengthening Infrastructure Resilience for Climate Change Mitigation
Climate change poses challenges to infrastructure resilience in Southeast Asia's flood-prone regions. This study identifies and evaluates strategies for enhancing infrastructure resilience through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Using a mixed-method approach, we analyzed the case studies and conducted quantitative assessments of flood ...
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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. [1] [2] As of October 2020 the floods affected over five million people, claiming the lives of 123 people, with an ...
Authorities in Assam say that 32 of its 35 districts have been affected, killing at least 45 people and displacing more than 4.7 million over the last week. Millions displaced in India and ...
The present study was carried out to analyze the susceptibility of flood using GIS with multi-parametric approach of analytical hierarchy process in Majuli Island of Assam, which is constantly ...
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 2022 Silchar Floods were floods that occurred in the state of Assam, India beginning 19 June 2022 as a part of 2022 Assam-Bangladesh floods due to a breach of dyke of the Barak River at Bethkundi. The flooding affected 5.4 million people across 32 districts and caused the deaths of over 200 [2] people across the affected districts. [3] [1] Silchar town, located just 1 km from the dyke ...
The current work focuses on the case study of the 2020 Assam flood and aims to develop an operational methodology for potential flood-damaged area mapping. Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from April 2020 (before the flood) and July 2020 (after the flood) were used to create water masks based on global thresholding. ...
The current work focuses on the case study of the 2020 Assam flood and aims to develop an operational methodology for potential flood-damaged area mapping. Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from April 2020 (before the flood) and July 2020 (after the flood) were used to create water masks based on global thresholding. ...
Monsoon rains have triggered severe floods in India's north-eastern states, particularly in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. More than 30 deaths have been reported in Assam so far and over four ...
After the record-breaking rains that led to extreme floods in May and June 2022, Assam is reeling under drought. In this article, we analyse various human-induced and geological factors contributing to this calamity. While the government is pushing for more connectivity through roads and railways coupled with flood control through dams and embankments over the fragile ecology, these measures ...
Assam state in India experiences annual floods that significantly impact the local environment. In 2022, the flooding affected approximately 1.9 million people and 2930 villages, resulting in the ...
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 reporting flooding (Central Water Commission's ...
This case study research of Assam floods in India was undertaken using participatory research tools and key informant interviews to explore the promoting and prohibiting factors to build resilience of the communities suffering from recurrent floods and erosion. This study explores how communities recover from repeated disaster events, what ...
Rahisuddin and his family are one of the millions who have been hit by this year's flood in Assam. As per the latest flood bulletin released by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 31,54,556 people in 2,675 villages in 26 districts are currently affected. As many as 3,12,085 people are currently staying in 560 relief camps ...
Originally published. 15 Jul 2022. Download Report(PDF | 752.16 KB) Highlights. 2nd wave of floods in Assam which started on 14 June has improved considerably. As of 7 July, 0.91 million people ...
Assam has been one of its focus areas since the 2017 flood. "Across India, we've observed people are building homes where they didn't earlier. They are eschewing vernacular architecture for more 'modern' concrete houses," Manu Gupta, co-founder of SEEDS, adds. "In Assam, the construction of embankments and the replacement of ...
One of the major steps that Assam could undertake could be to strengthen embankments along the Brahmaputra and other rivers, according to the report. Most flood protection structures in Assam are over 50-60 years old. These were constructed on the main stem of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries way back in the 1960s and 1970s and have become ...
We will look at a micro region Majuli island as a case study to understand the impact of climate change and glacial ice melt in the Himalayas and Tibet that triggers floods and bank erosion induced displacement of people in the local environment and how communities cope with it in Assam, India. ... (Assam) India due to flood and erosion by ...
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.
Sharma et al. (Citation 2012) have estimated the village flood risk index for Nagaon district of the Assam state by deriving flood hazard zonation from the historical flood ... infrastructure and land use vulnerabilities at village level keeping the KRB as one of the case studies. In the present approach, flood risk assessment was realized by ...
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.
The vegetables cultivated in these gardens can feed the household, and the surplus can be sold. A case study from Puri village of Odisha highlighted how an initial support of INR 2000 (USD 27) provided by the Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (R.C.D.C.) enabled a family to build floating farms and cultivate vegetables.
A study by IIT Gandhinagar attributes severe flooding in Gujarat to extreme weather, rapid urban development, and compromised drainage systems. The flooding, affecting 15 districts, was ...
The devastating flood in the arid region a consequence of rainfall and dam failure: Case study, Al-Lith flood on 23th November 2018, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Z. Geomorphol. 63 , 115-136.
Climate change poses challenges to infrastructure resilience in Southeast Asia's flood-prone regions. This study identifies and evaluates strategies for enhancing infrastructure resilience through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Using a mixed-method approach, we analyzed the case studies and conducted quantitative assessments of flood ...