IMD update: Heavy rain expected in Arunachal, Nagaland as Assam flood situation remains grim

People cross a flood-affected area on a makeshift raft after heavy rainfall, in Golaghat, Assam

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The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Thursday even as water receded from most parts of the state, with the death toll rising to 78 and over three lakh people continuing to reel under the deluge, officials said.The India Meteorological Department (IMD), however, forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms at isolated places across the state and neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland over the next three days, raising concerns for districts bordering the two states."There was no rain in most of the flood-hit Upper Assam districts. So, water level continued to recede from the inundated villages, giving some respite to villagers," an official of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

People wade through a flood-affected area with their belongings in Sivasagar, Assam

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