Assam: People, Animals Suffer Alike In Aftermath Of Floods & Landslides | In Photos
The flood situation in Assam, triggered by heavy rains, continued to be grim, with over 6 lakh people being affected in the state. People were seen struggling to wade through the waters, getting to higher ground. Elephants, cattle herd, all were seen having a tough time navigating through the flooded routes. Notably, the death toll in this year's flood, storm and landslides has risen to 45.
Flood affected people travel with sacks of rice in a country boat through flood waters in Mayong village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed more than a dozen people over the last two weeks in India's northeast.
Photo: AP/Anupam Nath
A flood affected man and his children carry a bed to a higher ground in Sildubi village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam.
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Villagers use a boat to travel across a flood affected area after heavy rainfall, in Morigaon district.
Elephants graze at highlands of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary after a major part of the sanctuary submerged in flood water following heavy rainfall, in Morigaon district.
Submerged house at Mayong | Photo: PTI
Villagers use a boat to travel across a flood affected area after heavy rainfall, at Mayong in Morigaon district.
Kuchiani in Morigaon | Photo: PTI
A herd of cattle moves through a flood affected area, at Kuchiani in Morigaon district.
Submerged house in Sildubi village | Photo: AP/Anupam Nath
A flood victim carries a sack of rice from his submerged house in Sildubi village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam.
Temporary makeshift in Sildubi village | Photo: AP/Anupam Nath
A child, sits in a temporary makeshift shelter on a road near flood waters in Sildubi village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam.
Sildubi village in Morigaon | Photo: AP/Anupam Nath
A flood affected person loads sacks of rice on a vehicle to transport to a safer place from his submerged house in Sildubi village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam.
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Villagers move to a safer place from a flood affected area, in Morigaon district.