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Flood fury in Assam, Uttar Pradesh

Monsoon floods wreak havoc in Uttar Pradesh and Assam leaving several homeless.

Updated: August 18, 2014 12:26 IST

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The flood situation in Assam turned critical with the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries rising alarmingly in Upper and Central Assam districts. (Source: PTI)

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A view of a flooded road in Tikonia area near Indo-Nepal border in Lakhimpur Kheeri, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. (Source: PTI photo)

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A villager walks through a submerged road lifting his bicycle the flood affected Buraburi village of Morigaon district, Assam on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

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Rhinoceros standing in submerged fields at flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

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Villagers carry an auto rickshaw on a boat to safer areas in flood affected Balimukh village of Morigaon district, Assam on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

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An aerial view of flood affected of Nalanda district of Bihar on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

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Children in a boat at a flood affected village in Dhaurehra Tehsil in Lakhimpur Kheeri, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

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People wade through a flooded road in Barabakni district, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

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Army troop rescuing people from flood affected Kalapani village in Nagaon district of Assam on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

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