According to ABC,floods triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains have claimed more than 50 lives in eastern India this week,with millions of people affected by surging waters.Rivers burst their banks,flooding villages in the northeastern tea-growing state of Assam where 26 people died,Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.''The flood situation is really grim.Twenty-six people have died over seven days and some 3.6 million people are affected,Mr Singh said,following an aerial survey of the worst-affected districts.''No effect are being spared to help the people.The NDRF {National Disaster Response Force} and army are doing their best.Some 60 boats have been pressed into service to rescue people''.Thousands of people were sheltering in makeshift camps set up along highways and no higher ground in the flood-ravaged state.Severe floods have also hit the state of Bihar where 26 people have also died and several thousands have been displaced,the Press Trust India news agency reported.More photos below. 
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