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{{Short description|Monsoon floods in Assam}}
{{Infobox event
| image = Flood affected area (1).jpg
| image_alt = Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, Assam.
| caption = Flooded area along the river bank of the Kachua river at Chargula, Karimganj, [[Assam]].
| date = 26 May – 30 September 2024
| Location = [[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Sikkim]], [[Manipur]], [[Tripura]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Kerala]], [[Meghalaya]] and [[Gujarat]]
| cause = Monsoon rainfall
| outcome = 65,000 people evacuated
| reported deaths = 1,878+<ref name=ajg>{{Cite web |last=Bowen |first=Steve |last2=Kerschner |first2=Brian |last3=Zheng Ng |first3=Jin |date=January 1, 2025 |title=Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report: 2025 |url=https://www.ajg.com/gallagherre/-/media/files/gallagher/gallagherre/news-and-insights/2025/natural-catastrophe-and-climate-report-2025.pdf |access-date=January 29, 2025|publisher=[[Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.]]}}</ref>{{efn|name=WAYANAD|Including 420 deaths, 397 injuries and 118 missing from the [[2024 Wayanad landslides]].}}
| reported injuries = 412+{{efn|name=WAYANAD}}
| missing = 151+{{efn|name=WAYANAD}}
| displaced = 351,000+
| notes = 7.7 million people impacted<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hundreds of thousands stranded as floods hit India and Bangladesh |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/23/hundreds-of-thousands-stranded-as-floods-hit-india-and-bangladesh |access-date=2024-08-23 |publisher=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
}}

Heavy rainfall during the 2024 [[monsoon season]] resulted in severe flooding and landslides across several regions of India. Rainfall caused significant flooding first in [[Assam|Assam State]] and later end of August also in [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-22 |title=Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2024 {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2024-000088-bgd |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref>

== Events ==
{{See also|2024 Gujarat flood}}
{{See also|2024 Jivitputrika tragedy}}
{{See also|2024 Vijayawada floods}}
{{See also|2024 Wayanad landslides}}
[[File:Flood affected house (2).jpg|thumb|Flood affected house in [[Karimganj District]], Assam, India]]
Heavy rainfall and flooding in June 2024 severely impacted Assam State in India, causing 109 deaths<ref>{{Cite news |title=Assam flood situation improving as water level recedes |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/assam-flood-situation-improving/article68405617.ece |date=15 July 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> and inundating at least 1,325 villages in 19 districts, exacerbated by several rivers such as the [[Kopili River|Kopili]], [[Barak River|Barak]], and [[Kushiyara River|Kushiyara]] overflowing. At least 400,000 people were impacted and 14,000 displaced, with the [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]], [[Darrang district|Darrang]] and [[Tamulpur district|Tamulpur]] districts being the worst hit.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2024-06-22 |title=Assam flood situation improves marginally; toll rises to 39 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/assam-flood-situation-improves-marginally-toll-rises-to-39/article68321122.ece |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Flooding also killed five people and injured 13 others in [[Manipur]], where 100,000 people were affected.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manipur floods: 4 killed, 13 injured, over one lakh affected |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/manipur-floods-4-killed-13-injured-over-one-lakh-affected-101717222864640.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=1 June 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> Severe flooding also occurred in [[Sikkim]] and [[Meghalaya]], with intense river flow destroying roads and bridges.<ref name=":2" />

For days, the swollen waters of the Brahmaputra river flooded Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, resulting in the tragic death of over 200 wild animals, including ten endangered rhinos, who drowned in the deluge.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=The Guwahati |title=Mitigating Perennial Floods In Assam: A Dream That May Never Come True |url=https://theguwahati.com/mitigating-perennial-floods-in-assam-a-dream-that-may-never-come-true/}}</ref> Over 300,000 people were displaced due to their homes being submerged by heavy rain. Over 13 rivers were flowing above their "danger level," including the [[Brahmaputra River]], putting over 2,000 island villages at risk of flooding. Overflowing of the river caused thirteen fishermen stranded for four days on an island in the [[Dibrugarh district]] to need rescue. In Arunachal Pradesh, several roads were destroyed by landfalls, stranding many villages and requiring army troops to rescue 70 students and teachers from a flooded school located in [[Changlang district]]. In addition, the [[Assam Rifles]] rescued 500 stranded civilians from other flooded areas.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Alisha Rahaman |date=2024-07-02 |title=Air Force rescues 13 fishermen as floods in India's northeast kill 16 people |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/assam-flood-kaziranga-air-force-rescue-b2572432.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

Flooding from 11-12 July killed 54 people and affected 1.8 million people in 923 villages in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=54 people die in rain-related incidents in UP, rivers in spate |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/54-people-die-in-rain-related-incidents-in-u-p-rivers-in-spate-101720721413545.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=12 July 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> In [[Himachal Pradesh]], flooding and landslides killed 31 people and left 33 missing from 27 June to 16 August.<ref>{{cite news |title=31 killed in 51 events of cloudburst, flash flood in HP since onset of monsoon |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/31-killed-in-51-events-of-cloudburst-flash-flood-in-hp-since-onset-of-monsoon/articleshow/112605779.cms?from=mdr |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=18 August 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref>

Heavy rains also battered [[Kerala]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Torrential Rains Triggered Landslides |url=https://thewire.in/environment/nightmare-in-wayanad-torrential-rains-triggered-landslides-but-climate-change-may-not-be-the-sole-culprit |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=The Wire}}</ref> causing [[2024 Wayanad landslides|multiple landslides]] in [[Wayanad District]] which killed 420 people, injured 397 and left 118 missing.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies |url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/wayanad-landslides-fire-force-ndrf-volunteers-continue-search-operations-124080900226_1.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=Business Standard |quote=Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies, 178 bodies have been handed over to relatives, and 233 burials have taken place.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Discharged from the hospitals-01 |url=https://ndmindia.mha.gov.in/ndmi/viewUploadedDocument?uid=NEW2155 |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=ndmindia.mha.gov.in |language=en |quote=322 persons have been discharged from hospitals.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Missing Person |url=https://ndmindia.mha.gov.in/ndmi/viewUploadedDocument?uid=NEW2157 |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=ndmindia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Missing person count revised after DNA test |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/content/mm/en/kerala/top-news/2024/08/18/wayanad-landslides-missing-persons-count-dna-test.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=Onmanorama}}</ref>

Since 19 August, floods in [[Tripura]] killed 31 people,<ref>{{cite news |title=Tripura Floods: Death Toll Rises To 31, Over 1 Lakh People Still In Camps |url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/tripura-floods-death-toll-rises-to-31-over-1-lakh-people-still-in-camps-830075 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=26 August 2024 |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> injured two, destroyed or severely damaged 3,243 houses and partially damaged 17,046 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tripura Floods: 1.17 lakh people in relief camps, death toll reaches 26 |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/tripura/tripura-floods-1-17-lakh-people-in-relief-camps-death-toll-reaches-26.html |publisher=Northeast Now |date=25 August 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>

As of September 4, 2024 Gujarat had received 118% of the season's monsoon rainfall, causing flooding, destruction of infrastructure and crops with at least 20.000 people relocating.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-05 |title=Gujarat Floods: 49 Killed So Far As Heavy Rain Wreaks Havoc In Several Districts |url=https://news.abplive.com/cities/gujarat-floods-49-killed-as-heavy-rain-wreaks-havoc-in-several-districts-cities-like-vadodara-surat-1715145 |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=ABP News |language=en}}</ref>

On September 26, 46 people, including 37 children, drowned during [[Hindu]] festival [[ritual]]s in flooded bodies of water and [[river]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 26, 2024 |title=Dozens of children drown during Hindu festival in India |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/dozens-children-drown-during-hindu-festival-india-2024-09-26/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

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Nayeem at 18:58, 30 October 2025