Guwahati, July 20 -- The flood situation in Assam has deteriorated as over 1.70 lakh people of 12 districts of the state are affected in the deluge. In the last 24 hours, one person died after drowning in flood waters at the Amguri area in Sivasagar district, and this year's total death toll in floods in Assam has risen to 5.

According to the reports of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 1.70 lakh people of 12 districts, including Biswanath, Cachar, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Golaghat, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Karbi Anglong, Sivasagar, Udalguri, and Jorhat, have been affected by the flood, and the floodwaters inundated 10362.904 hectares of crop area.

23891 people have been affected alone in Charaideo distr...