Brahmaputra River
Coverage of Brahmaputra River in the Nexus archive.
- At least 50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains
Floods in India's Assam state caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people and displaced 700,000. The Brahmaputra River overflow submerged 900 villages, destroyed homes, and left 7,000 homes without electricity, with rescue operations and aid distribution ongoing.
- At least 50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains
Floods in India's northeastern Assam state caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people and displaced 700,000. The overflowing Brahmaputra River submerged nearly 900 villages, destroyed 7,000 homes, and left many without electricity, prompting government relief efforts including airdropped supplies and rescue operations.
- Active fault line threatens world’s biggest hydropower project, Chinese geologists warn
Chinese geologists have identified an active fault line beneath the world’s largest hydropower project on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River, warning it threatens the infrastructure of the mega-dam. The fracture in the Earth’s crust in the eastern Himalayan region could compromise the project’s stability, according to a study published in the journal Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology.