Assam Floods 2026 — Disaster Management and Environmental Degradation in the Northeast
Assam’s 2026 monsoon has once again exposed the fragility of India’s flood management architecture in the Brahmaputra-Barak river system. A cloudburst upstream on 19 July 2026 sent a sudden wall of water through Upper Assam, with the Dikhow River breaching its extreme flood level and devastating Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, and Golaghat districts. As of 9…