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Flash floods in Assam district
Source: The Sangai Express
Source: The Sangai Express
Assam, October 28 2008:
FLASH FLOODS in lower Assam's Kamrup district caused by incessant rains breached an embankment submerging over 70 villages and snapped surface communication between the state and the rest of the country.
An embankment was breached last n ight at around 11:00 pm following rain over the past three days in the Puthimari area of the district and upper reaches of the surrounding mountains, official sources said.
The flood waters affected over 70,000 people, damaged standing paddy crops ready for harvest and overflowed onto the national highway 31 that connects the state to rest of the country through West Bengal.
The worst-affected areas were Hahara, Kundukona, Moranjona, Kosoruwa, Bamungaon and Sotsil.
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