The toll from floods in Assam this year rose to 119 on Monday as one more death was reported from Nagaon district, according to a bulletin from the state’s Disaster Management Authority. Assam is presently hit by the third wave of floods, which has affected 3,17,977 lakh people across 13 districts.
Another person had died in Kampur area of Nagaon district on Sunday, according to Hindustan Times.
The floods have affected Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Kamrup, Morigaon, Hojai, Nagaon, Majuli, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and West Karbi Anglong districts of the state.
Nagaon is the worst-hit district in Assam with over 1.98 lakh affected people, followed by Morigaon (36,449), Kamrup (25,145), Dhemaji (14,142) and Lakhimpur (12,486).
The floods have also damaged 13,463 hectares of cultivated land, the bulletin said. As many as 389 villages have been affected.
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