The monsoon deluge that swept Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat districts and other parts of Assam in mid-July with a cascading impact in August has taken the lives of at least 100 people and caused untold economic misery. It is a sobering reminder that hostility to nature and failure to plan for weather extremes carry severe consequences. Although 2026 is witnessing an El Nino phenomenon, raising fears of a weak monsoon and drought, some districts of Assam and neighbouring Nagaland were hit by aberrant rainfall that has not been experienced in half a century. The Dikhow and the Brahmaputra rivers swelled up due to the torrential downpour, broke embankments in many places and displaced thousands. Besides the distressing loss........

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