Pictures: Rains continue to batter Assam, 54 deaths reported so far

Over 1.8 million people in 28 districts are affected by the flood situation

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Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel conducts a rescue operation at a flood-affected area due to heavy rain, at Balipara, in Sonitpur. The inclement weather conditions have continued to batter Assam. Several parts of the state received incessant rains, triggering landslides at multiple locations.
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People wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Gauhati. As many as 18.94 lakh people in 28 districts are affected by the flood situation.
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A truck gets stuck inside a damaged road after a landslide occurred on National Highway 6 due to heavy rainfall, at Sonapur, in Kamrup.
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In Guwahati, fresh landslides were reported from various parts of the city amidst heavy rainfall, which also led to waterlogging in different places.
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel rescue residents from flood-affected areas, in Guwahati.
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Assam has been wrecked by heavy downpours for the last five days, resulting in knee-deep water logging on all major roadways in the state capital.
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So far 54 people in the state have lost their lives in floods and landslides this year so far. As per the state data, 2,930 villages under 96 revenue circles are currently underwater.
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The flood waters have submerged 43338.39 hectares of cropland in the flood-hit districts. The water level of Beki, Manas, Pagladiya, Puthimari, Jia Bharali, Kopili and Brahmaputra rivers are flowing above the danger level mark in many places of the state.
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A woman with her two children travels on a cycle rickshaw through a flooded road after heavy rains in Gauhati. As many as 1,08,104 flood-affected people are currently, taking shelter at 373 relief camps set up by the district administration.
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A man with his cycle wades through a waterlogged area following heavy rain, in Guwahati.
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A damaged road pictured due to heavy rains, in Barpeta.
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People try to push a car stranded in a waterlogged road after heavy rains in Gauhati. Meanwhile, the weather department has predicted more rains in the next two days.
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A man makes his shop on the banana raft as people wade through the flooded area of Rukmini Gaon, in Guwahati.
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A man looks from a stranded bus in a flooded road after heavy rains in Gauhati.
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Flood water enters a temple after rainfall at a village, in the Nagaon District of Assam.
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People crossing a waterlogged National Highway 15 after heavy rainfall, in Darrang.
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Villagers wade through a flooded road at Hajo, in Kamrup district of Assam.

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