Jankranti News (Assam) : The flood situation in Assam has worsened in the parts of Dhemaji and Biswanath districts affecting as many as 9,812 persons in the last 24 hours. 

Dhemaji is the worst hit district with 9,551 people affected by flood waters, followed by Biswanath which had 261 persons affected as of now. 

Around 166.47 hectares of crop land remained affected since Sunday. Embankment and infrastructure damage have been reported in the districts of Jorhat, Dhemaji and Lakhimpur, while erosion has caused serious damage in sections of Tinsukia and Karimganj.

According to IMD, in the Assam region over the next 4-5 days, rainfall is very likely to occur at many locations to most locations with isolated heavy to very heavy rains which will worsen the flood situation and will affect more districts in the low lying areas. 

Yellow and orange alert advisories in some areas of Assam are issued for the upcoming few days due to the predicted extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall activity in the region for the next few days.

Arnab Sarma Report

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Dibrugarh, Assam.