Overview
- Assam remains in a humanitarian emergency with the official death toll at about 62 and more than 7 lakh people affected, while state officials say roughly 80,000 people in isolated pockets have not yet received relief.
- Gujarat’s downpour phase has eased but damage surveys show 35 rain-related deaths, mass evacuations and controlled releases from dams that prompted warnings for downstream villages.
- National and state teams, including the NDRF, SDRF, Army, Coast Guard and a central multidisciplinary assessment team, are conducting large rescue and relief operations while many roads and bridges remain damaged or silted.
- Pakistan’s Indus and Punjab river system is recording elevated flows with low-level flooding at Tarbela, Kalabagh and Chashma, and meteorological services warn of more widespread monsoon rain across the region.
- Experts link the crisis to extreme, concentrated rainfall made more likely by climate trends plus local factors such as deforestation, hill excavation and siltation that reduce river capacity, raising risks of longer recovery times, crop and livestock losses, and disease outbreaks.