India floods: Monsoon rains kill two in Assam

A schoolboy rows his boat past submerged huts. Authorities say 553 villages have been affected in the floods

Authorities in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam say two people have died and more than 200,000 have been affected by flooding.

The state government said that over 500 villages in 13 districts of the state had been affected after early monsoon rains swelled the Brahmaputra river.

Floods are an annual occurrence in the region during the summer monsoon.

Assam has sufficient food stocks and medicines to cope, its revenue and disaster management minister said.

Authorities say more than 200,000 people have been hit in the first wave of floods

Floods are an annual occurrence in Assam during the monsoon season

Officials say standing crops in more than 8,000 hectares of land have been destroyed