2012-09-23
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Flood
- Country: India
- Occurrence Date (UTC):
- SA activation Date(UTC): 23 September, 2012
- Requester: Gauhati University
- Escalation to the International Charter:
- GLIDE Number:
Disaster Situation
In the past few days, heavy rains in upper Assam and some areas of Arunachal Pradesh, extensive floods have displaced some 400,000 persons. Sixteen districts in Assam have been affected ( including Kamrup, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur districts) and 3 districts in Arunachal Pradesh have been affected