21 dead in a day’s deluge in Assam; total flood toll 31
People move to safer places carrying their belongings in a flood-affected area in Assam’s Sivasagar on July 21, 2026.. | Photo Credit: ANI GUWAHATI In one of the highest single-day flood-related fatalities recorded in recent times, 21 people lost their lives across four districts in Assam on Tuesday (July 21, 2026). According to official estimates, 31 people have died so far in the current wave of floods, almost half of them in eastern Assam’s Sivasagar district. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), in its update almost at midnight, said the situation worsened after a brief let-up by Tuesday (July 21) evening. Floodwaters hit 872 villages across 16 districts, all except five in the eastern part of the State, affecting 5.65 lakh people and a crop area of 24,210.35 hectares. The adjoining districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat continued to be the worst affected. Of the 21 fatalities, 13 were reported from Sivasagar, five from Charaideo, two from Golaghat, and one from Jorhat district. “Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat have accounted for 25 of the 31 …








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