Overview
- A sudden flash flood struck the Poosa/NEEPCO Colony area in Keyi Panyor district after intense monsoon downpours, wrecking dozens of homes and displacing more than 100 households.
- Rescuers have recovered two bodies and are searching for four people who remain missing after the event that began on Wednesday, with searches paused overnight and resumed the following day.
- A multi-agency response is under way using Indian Air Force helicopters to airlift SDRF teams, NDRF raft units, medical teams and drones to reach cut-off sites and evacuate stranded tourists and patients.
- Heavy rains and landslides have blocked key roads and isolated six districts, with Border Roads Organisation crews and excavators reopening some stretches for light vehicles while many routes remain dangerous.
- NEEPCO says reservoir operations did not cause the flood, the Assam government has issued a high alert for downstream districts, and the India Meteorological Department warns of further heavy to extremely heavy rain.