Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam has improved significantly but 2.42 lakh people in four of the state's 33 districts were still affected, while one more person died on Friday.
Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said that one person was reported dead in Morigaon district, taking the death toll in this year's monsoon floods to 121.
According to the ASDMA officials, of the 2.42 lakh flood-affected people in four districts, 1.79 lakh people were in central Assam's Nagaon district alone.
In the ongoing third wave of flood, besides the low-lying areas, over 22,802 hectares of croplands in 380 villages in the four districts -- Nagaon, Hojai, Morigaon, Goalpara -- have been inundated.
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