Feel-good
How a 97-year-old escaped deadly Indian floods on a banana raft
During severe flooding in Assam, India, Bornali Baruah and her husband rescued his 97-year-old, bedridden mother, Lokada Duarah, from their home in Charing
Ce qu'il faut retenir
- Bornali Baruah and her husband rescued 97-year-old Lokada Duarah using a makeshift banana-trunk raft during midnight floods.
- The floods in Assam have affected nearly 1.2 million people and caused 100 deaths.
- Floods are reaching historically dry areas because of population growth on active floodplains, deforestation, mining, and infrastructure built without hydrological planning.
During severe flooding in Assam, India, Bornali Baruah and her husband rescued his 97-year-old, bedridden mother, Lokada Duarah, from their home in Charing village. With no rescue teams or boats available, they placed her on a makeshift raft made of banana trunks and waded through deep, fast-moving floodwaters to reach a highway shelter camp. Despite losing most of her livestock farm, Baruah plans to rebuild and adapt her home to coexist with future floods.
It highlights how changing environmental factors are pushing severe floods into historically safe areas.
Leurs propres mots
“We will have to learn to coexist with the floods.”
“What is needed is basin-scale planning”
Les chiffres clés
- 97
- Age of flood survivor Lokada Duarah
- 100
- Death toll from the recent Assam floods
- 1.2M
- Total people affected by the floods across Assam
- 19,000+
- Number of houses damaged by the floods
- 75,000+
- People staying in 252 relief camps
Le fil des événements
- The Jhanji river begins to rise as first warning
- Floodwaters surge through Charing village past midnight
- Family rescues 97-year-old mother on banana raft
- Family leaves relief camp and stays with a neighbour
Transformez ces actus en vues
Ravenclip repère les actus Feel-good, crée la vidéo et la publie avant que le buzz ne retombe.
Questions fréquentes
- Que s'est-il passé avec A family's rescue of their 97-year-old mother during Assam floods ?
- Bornali Baruah and her husband rescued 97-year-old Lokada Duarah using a makeshift banana-trunk raft during midnight floods.
- Où puis-je lire le rapport d'origine ?
- Retrouvez le rapport complet sur Bbc World.
