Flood in India

Villagers make a temporary bamboo bridge after a section of a bridge was washed away due to flood following heavy rainfall in Nagaon district of Assam ,India on June 30,2022. The floods have caused widespread damage in Assam, however Cachar, Barpeta and Nagaon have been the worst affected districts. Cachar has a population of 14.30 lakh, Barpeta with 5.49 lakh and Nagaon with 5.19 lakh. Five embankments were breached with four in Biswanath and one in Lakhimpur while 177 roads and five bridges have been damaged. According to the bulletin, 548 houses were fully damaged while 1,034 have been partially damaged due to the floods. Five more deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours. 139 people have died in the floods and landslides in Assam since April this year.