Guwahati, Aug. 4 -- The flood situation in Assam continued to improve on Monday, with the number of affected people declining to 1.28 lakh, while the death toll from this year's floods remained unchanged at 87, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS).

The latest report said 1,28,071 people are still affected across 380 villages in 24 revenue circles spread over seven districts - Charaideo, Sivasagar, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Biswanath, Jorhat and Lakhimpur.

Sivasagar remains the worst-hit district with 55,200 affected people, followed by Charaideo (34,050), Jorhat (20,209), Golaghat (10,201) and Dhemaji (8,333). Smaller numbers of affected residents were also repo...