GUWAHATI: More than 5.15 lakh people across 22 districts are affected as Assam continued to battle the first wave of the floods.Assam and Arunachal reported one death each on Monday which took the Northeast toll to 39 – 11 in Assam, 10 in Arunachal Pradesh, six each in Meghalaya and Mizoram, three in Sikkim, two in Tripura and one in Nagaland. The entire region has been hit by floods and landslides, triggered by incessant rains.According to a flood bulletin issued by the Assam government, 5,15,039 people and cropland in areas of 12,610.27 hectares have been affected. Over 1.85 lakh people are lodged either in relief camps or relief distribution centres. The Brahmaputra and some of its tributaries were flowing above the danger level at some places. Lakhimpur, Cachar, Hailakandi and Sribhumi are among the worst-affected districts.The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places and moderate rainfall at most places of Assam in next 24 hours.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday inspected the flood situation in Lakhimpur. “Ration, books, clothes, utensils, duplicate documents, each item will be provided by us and after the floods subside, we will also rebuild their houses,” he assured through a post on X. The floods in Manipur have affected nearly 20,000 people. Continuous downpour along with overflowing rivers and breaches in embankments flooded vast swathes of the Imphal Valley.
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