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Staff ReporterGUWAHATI: Fancy Bazar, Machkhowa and their adjacent areas in Guwahati are vulnerable with the fragile MG Road at Fancy Bazar has to directly break waves of the surging Brahmaputra. Will the road remain in shape if such powerful waves continue to strike it directly? The situation is no better either in other areas in Guwahati. What's worrisome is – at 5 pm on Tuesday the river was flowing at 1.55 m above the danger level at Guwahati. According to a flood report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday for Kamrup(M) district, five villages in Guwahati Revenue Circle, 19 villages in Sonapur Revenue Circle, 26 villages in Chandrapur Revenue Circle, four villages in Azara Revenue Circle and one village in Dispur Revenue Circle have been reeling under floods..