Assam floods affect 655,000 people, death toll reaches 66

The flood situation in Assam showed marginal improvement on Saturday, July 25, 2026, though the crisis remained severe with hundreds of thousands of people affected and a rising death toll. According to state disaster management authorities, the number of people impacted decreased from over 705,000 across nine districts on Friday to approximately 655,000 across six districts by Saturday. The death toll from this year's monsoon floods climbed to at least 66 after four new fatalities were reported in a single day.

Sivasagar district remains the worst affected, with nearly 290,000 people impacted, followed by Charaideo and Jorhat districts. In total, 856 villages across 37 revenue circles are inundated. The floods have caused extensive damage to agriculture, submerging between 34,970 and 56,606 hectares of crop area, with significant losses also reported to livestock. Critical infrastructure, including river embankments, roads, and bridges, has been damaged across multiple districts.

State authorities are operating hundreds of relief camps and distribution centers, sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people. Rescue operations involving the National Disaster Response Force,...