GUWAHATI, July 27 -- Rupak Gogoi, a 38-year-old government school teacher in Assam's Sonari, the headquarters of Charaideo district, and his elderly parents and 31-year-old brother, had barely finished dinner on July 18 when floodwaters rushed inside their ground-floor home. It rains heavily in the district, but a flooded home was a first. As the water level kept rising, the family was forced move to the first floor, while carrying a few important belongings but leaving behind most heavy household items. "The water, which rose to over five feet, slowly subsided by Tuesday evening. But nearly 50% of the things inside the house-beds, mattresses, and the refrigerator-were damaged," said the resident on July 26. The family's two two-wheelers we...