Many fatalities have also been registered in Pakistan, Vietnam and Nepal.
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More than 200 health-related crews making use of 120 watercraft have obtained the flood-hit spots in effort for help prevent outburst of water-borne health conditions. Relief materials have been distributed to the affected population.
A report issued Saturday by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Myanmar disaster officials estimated that more than 156,000 people had been affected by flooding.
National Disaster Relief teams have been rushed to Imphal from Guwahati.
At least 48 people have been killed in recent days by severe flooding in eastern Indian that was set off by heavy rains, authorities said Monday. The overall flood situation has improved and water in the three major rivers is receding.
Ghatal Police Station submerged in flood waters at Ghatal in West Midnapore district of West Bengal.
Meanwhile, sources in the state Disaster Management Task Force (DMTF), which has placed over four lakh people in around 2,500 relief camps across South Bengal, said the maximum casualties were caused by lightning strikes, structural collapse, electrocution, drowning and snake bites.
Officials said almost 56,000 houses were fully damaged, while 272,488 houses suffered partial damage.
More than 630 people have been rescued from various districts in Rajasthan.
In Odisha, seven districts namely Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jharsuguda and Deogarh have been affected by the floods, the statement said. Places like Mukundpur, Dum Dum Park and Alipore Bodyguard Lines remain inundated, as people used boats to ferry across.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced that the state government will provide Rs four lakh each to the families of those killed in flood and storm. Reportedly ten villagers have been rescued.
There fears by the government that twin earthquakes which killed nearly 9,000 people earlier this year may have heightened the risk of landslides during the annual monsoon season, which lasts from June until September.
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India has received 6 percent lower rainfall than usual, but in some areas rainfall deficit is as high as 57 percent, India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed.
