强季风暴雨在印度东北部阿萨姆邦引发布拉马普特拉河泛滥,造成至少50人死亡、70万人流离失所 [1]。约900个村庄被洪水淹没,近30万人被迫进入政府救济营地 [1]。此外,超过7000户家庭失去供电 [1]。
阿萨姆邦首席部长希蒙塔·比什瓦·萨尔玛表示,当局已部署直升机进行空投,并向受灾群众提供食物和救济物资 [1]。救援队伍也在参与救助工作 [1]。
记者苏迪普·马祖姆达尔描述了灾区的严峻局势,他表示:"我不得不在办公室过夜。道路充满了水,有些地方水深达腰部。" [1]
专家指出,人为气候变化正在加剧南亚季风强度 [1]。
Severe monsoon rains have triggered catastrophic flooding in Assam, a state in India's northeast, with the Brahmaputra River overflowing and inundating the region [1]. The disaster has claimed at least 50 lives and displaced around 700,000 people [1].
Approximately 900 villages have been submerged beneath floodwaters [1], while nearly 300,000 people have been forced to seek shelter in government relief camps [1]. Over 7,000 households have lost electrical power [1].
Authorities have mobilized rescue efforts including helicopter airlifts and ground rescue teams to assist affected residents [1]. Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that authorities have provided food and relief supplies, including supplies delivered by helicopter [1].
The scale of devastation has made conditions dire in many areas. A journalist, Sudipto Mazumdar, described the situation, saying: "I had to spend the night at the office. Roads are filled with water, and in some places the water reaches waist level" [1].
Experts have pointed to human-caused climate change as a factor exacerbating monsoon patterns across South Asia [1].