Misery on the Brahmaputra

Flood-affected villagers row past a flooded house in the Panikhaitee area on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Saturday. Incessant rainfall in drainage basins during the last week have led to a rise in the water level of the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries, inundating vast tracts of farmlands and villages in several districts of both Upper and Lower Assam, according to news reports.

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