Overview

• Fatalities have risen to 27 after one more death was reported in Sribhumi district, Assam State Disaster Management Authority data show.
• Floodwaters have begun receding across Assam with no major river currently exceeding danger levels.
• Sribhumi remains the worst affected district with 121,847 residents still impacted, followed by Hailakandi.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma toured Hailakandi and Sribhumi to assess conditions and pledged full government assistance.
• Over 3,500 hectares of cropland remain submerged and eight animals were washed away in the monsoon floods.