Over 30 thousand people have been affected in flood in Barpeta and Lakhimpur districts of Assam. Official sources said that the Brahmaputra and its a few tributaries are flowing above the danger level at some places.
The low lying areas of the Manas national park has been submerged. Flood water and erosion also damaged 24 houses at Barpeta district.
Nearly one thousand hectare of crop land have been submerged in flood water. However no loss of life has been reported so far because of the flood.