Flood situation worsens in Assam

  • Villagers cross floodwaters on a banana raft in Lachi Bishnupur village, about 65 kilometers west of Guwahati, Saturday. Heavy rainfall in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh state has led to the downstream flow of rainwater into Assam flooding several parts of the state (AP Photo).
  • A flood affected villager Manoranjan Kalita rows a banana raft carrying his wife Deepika Kalita and their livestock as they leave their flooded house in Lachi Bishnupur village, Guwahati, Saturday (AP Photo).
  • A boy rows his family across floodwaters on a banana raft in Lachi Bishnupur village, Guwahati, Saturday (AP Photo).
  • Villagers wade through floodwaters in Lachi Bishnupur village, Guwahati (AP Photo).
  • An elderly woman holds her grand daughter at home surrounded by floodwaters in Lachi Bishnupur village (AP Photo).
  • A flood affected villager prepares a meal inside her home in Lachi Bishnupur village (AP Photo).
  • A woman stands outside her flooded home in Lachi Bishnupur village (AP Photo).
  • Villagers wade through floodwaters in Lachi Bishnupur village (AP Photo).
  • Villagers wade through floodwaters at Nalbari district in Assam (AP Photo).