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IMD has issued an 'orange alert' and predicted 'very heavy' to 'extremely heavy' rainfall across several districts of Assam over the next few days.

At present, 780 villages are under water and 10,591.85 hectares of crop areas have been damaged across Assam, the ASDMA bulletin said.

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated further on Thursday with more areas being inundated due to an upsurge in the water levels as torrential rain have continued to lash the state.According to the latest bulletin of Assam State Disaster ...

Over 100,000 people affected in the state at present as several districts forecast to get extremely heavy rain over next few days

IMD has issued an 'orange alert' and predicted 'very heavy' to 'extremely heavy' rainfall across several districts of Assam over the next few days

The flood situation in Assams Nalbari district has deteriorated as nearly 1.2 lakh people are hit due to the deluge in 10 districts

According to the ASDMA flood report, "44707 people have been affected alone in the Nalbari district, followed by 26571 people in Baksa, 25096 people in Lakhimpur, 15610 people in Tamulpur, and 3840 people in the Barpeta district."

Incessant rain continued to lash Assam on Thursday morning too leaving several parts of the state under water. Over 1.2 lakh people and 63 villages have been affected by the heavy rains.

According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person died due to flooding in Tamulpur of Udalguri district.

The flood situation in Assam deteriorated drastically on Thursday with one person losing his life and nearly five lakh people reeling under the deluge across 12 districts, an official bulletin said.