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One
killed, thousands displaced in Assam floods
Friday, September 10, 2010 03:57:48 PM,
IANS
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Guwahati:
At least one person was killed and 30,000 displaced in flash
floods triggered by heavy rains in Assam’s Lakhimpur district. A
vast stretch of the internationally-famed Kaziranga National Park
has been inundated, officials said Friday.
A government spokesperson said floodwaters of Drupang and Sessa
rivers, both tributaries of the Brahmaputra river, entered at
least 40 villages and forced residents to take shelter on higher
ground and railway tracks.
"There has been a breach of about 20 to 30 metres in two
embankments and that led to floodwaters entering settlements," a
district official said.
"One person drowned while trying to escape the surging
floodwaters," he added.
Measures are being taken to plug the breaches in the mud
embankments.
"We have sounded maximum alert and have already kept disaster
management teams on standby. We are also taking stock of
essentials and other commodities in the district," the official
added.
The 2,906-km-long Brahmaputra is one of Asia's largest rivers and
traverses its first stretch of 1,625 km in China's Tibet region,
the next 918 km in India and the remaining 363 km through
neighbouring Bangladesh before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
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