UPSC Issue at a Glance | Assam Floods: The anatomy of flash floods, from sudden disasters to smarter preparedness

UPSC Issue at a Glance is an initiative by UPSC Essentials aimed at streamlining your UPSC Current Affairs preparation for the prelims and mains examinations by focusing on issues making headlines. In this edition, we cover the floods from a broader perspective. Let’s get started.Assam is in the grip of an unprecedented wave of floods. Since Monday, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority has recorded 58 deaths, including that of six children. The Assam government had initially attributed the flooding to a “cloudburst” in the neighbouring hill district of Mon in Nagaland on July 19. People cross a flood-affected area on a makeshift raft after heavy rainfall in Golaghat on Wednesday. (PTI)A scientist at the Meteorological Centre Kohima, however, told The Indian Express that the area h