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- The 2012 Brahmaputra floods were an unprecedented flood event along the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries due to significant monsoon rains in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. 124 people were killed by the flooding and landslides, and about six million people were displaced. The worst hit area was the state of Assam in India.
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The 2012 Brahmaputra floods were an unprecedented flood event along the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries due to significant monsoon rains in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. 124 people were killed by the flooding and landslides, and about six million people were displaced. The worst hit area was the state of Assam in India.
Jun 20, 2022 · Floods routinely wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of millions living near the fertile riverbanks of the mighty Brahmaputra river, often called the lifeline of Assam. But experts say...
Sep 3, 2021 · These floods are triggered by a combination of natural and man-made factors, including the rise in the bed of the Brahmaputra due to siltation, unstable nature of the river, breach of...
Nov 26, 2020 · Nature Communications - This study investigates flood hazards of the Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh. Based on a tree ring reconstruction of seasonal river discharge, climate modelling, and...
- Mukund Palat Rao, Mukund Palat Rao, Edward R. Cook, Benjamin I. Cook, Benjamin I. Cook, Rosanne Doro...
- 2020
Nov 30, 2020 · November 30, 2020. A new study looking at seven centuries of water flow in south Asia’s mighty Brahmaputra River suggests that scientists are underestimating the river’s potential for catastrophic flooding as climate warms. The revelation comes from examinations of tree rings, which showed rainfall patterns going back centuries before ...
Jan 13, 2021 · 13 January 2021. Researchers predict more frequent floods in Brahmaputra. By. K. S. Jayaraman. Higher frequency flooding of Brahmaputra could jeopardise the lives of millions of people...
2020 Assam floods refers to the significant flood event of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian north-eastern state of Assam and coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. Initial flooding started in May 2020 due to heavy rainfall affecting 30,000 and destroying crops across 5 districts.
