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FLASH FLOODS IN UPPER ASSAM: SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS, DISASTER RESPONSE AND POLICY LESSONS FROM SIVASAGAR, CHARAIDEO AND JORHAT DISTRICTS
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Author(s):
DR. JOISING DOLEY
Vol - 13, Issue- 2 ,
Page(s) : 190 - 197
(2026 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSI
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Abstract
Floods have long been recognised as one of the most frequent and destructive natural hazards in Assam. While the State has traditionally experienced seasonal riverine floods caused by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, the recent flash floods in the districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat represent a distinctly different form of disaster
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