Five more deaths in Assam floods, toll rises to 41

September 07, 2015 14:19

Five people died in the Assam floods taking the toll in the current wave to 41 even as the situation in the state today remained grim with an estimated 18 lakh people affected.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in a release that two persons died at Mayong and Laharighat in Morigaon district, while another two died at Lakhipur in Goalpara.

One person lost his life at Barkhetri in Nalbari district yesterday, it said.

With this, the current wave of floods has claimed 41 lives as an estimated 18 lakh people reeled under flood waters in 1,880 villages across the state.

Five people had been washed away in floods late last month, taking the total death toll in two waves of floods this year to 46 in the state, according to ASDMA.

The affected villages were located in Dhemaji, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Morigaon, Cachar, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Tinsukia, Darrang, Nalbari, Kamrup, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Nagaon, Dhubri, Kamrup Metropolitan and Goalpara districts.

The worst-hit is Dhubri district with nearly 4.5 lakh people affected.

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