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Assam Flood Death Toll Climbs to 41 as Upper Assam Remains Underwater

By Sentinel NE Desk · July 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Photo: Arunabh0368 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Flooded street in Dibrugarh, Assam, during monsoon flooding
Photo: Arunabh0368 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Representative image of flooding in Dibrugarh, one of the districts affected by the current disaster.

Assam’s flood death toll rose to 41 on Thursday after 10 more people, including four children, died in the 24 hours to July 23, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said, as swollen rivers kept large stretches of Upper Assam submerged, according to ANI. Three deaths were recorded each in Sivasagar and Jorhat districts, two in Charaideo, and one each in Dhemaji and Karbi Anglong, ASDMA’s flood report said. Six people, three men and three women, remain missing.

The latest fatalities came a day after Assam’s deadliest 24-hour stretch of the flood season so far. ASDMA figures cited by EastMojo showed 21 deaths recorded between Tuesday and Wednesday, pushing the toll to 31 at the time, with Sivasagar alone accounting for 13 of those deaths, followed by Charaideo, Golaghat and Jorhat. The dead included men, women and children, EastMojo reported, underscoring the scale of a disaster that has unfolded rapidly over the past week.

More than 6.53 lakh people across 11 districts remain affected, ANI reported, with Sivasagar the worst hit at nearly 3.92 lakh people, followed by Charaideo, Jorhat, Golaghat and Dibrugarh. Some 939 villages spread across 40 revenue circles are still underwater. The Brahmaputra and several of its tributaries are running above danger or highest-flood-level marks, including the Disang at Nanglamuraghat, the Burhidihing at Chenimari, the Dikhou at Sivasagar, the Dhansiri (South) at Numaligarh and the Kushiyara in Sribhumi, according to the ASDMA report relayed by ANI.

The disaster traces back to a cloudburst over Nagaland’s Mon district on July 19, which sent flash floods pouring into the tea-growing districts of Upper Assam, Organiser reported. Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat and Golaghat have borne the brunt, with hundreds of villages submerged and tens of thousands of hectares of cropland destroyed. Nearly 1.39 lakh livestock have also been affected by the deluge, per ASDMA figures.

Rescue and relief operations are being carried out by the Indian Army under Operation Jal Rahat II, alongside the NDRF, SDRF, Indian Air Force, police and civil defence volunteers. ANI reported that these teams rescued 8,409 people on Wednesday alone, while the Indian Air Force has airdropped relief supplies to stranded families in Nazira, Organiser reported. More than 3.13 lakh displaced people are currently sheltering in 487 relief camps and distribution centres. Floodwaters damaged 53 roads and six embankments over the same 24-hour period, ASDMA said.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma personally visited flood-affected areas in Charaideo, Sivasagar and Jorhat this week and described the flooding as unprecedented. “Sivasagar, Jorhat and Charaideo districts are witnessing unprecedented flooding following the cloudburst upstream, with water levels unseen in over half a century,” Sarma said, according to EastMojo, urging affected families to cooperate with authorities and move to safer ground when advised.

Coverage of the disaster has been broadly consistent across outlets, though the emphasis has varied: wire dispatches from ANI have tracked the daily casualty and displacement figures as ASDMA releases them, while Organiser’s reporting placed more weight on the scale of the armed forces’ relief response. The India Meteorological Department has forecast continued heavy rainfall over Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura in the coming days, meaning the flood situation could worsen before it improves.

Compiled from reporting by ANI, EastMojo, and Organiser Sentinel NE Desk cross-checked these accounts before publication. Casualty and displacement figures are drawn from ASDMA’s official flood reports as relayed by each outlet; coverage was broadly consistent, though Organiser’s reporting emphasized the armed forces’ relief response in greater detail than the daily wire updates.

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