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Twenty villages in the 'World Heritage site' (Majuli) were submerged by the Brahmaputra waters flowing above the danger level, the sources said.
Nearly 500,000 people in nine districts have been affected by the floods that snapped both rail and road communication links in Dhemaji district, which bore the brunt of the calamity.
Besides Dhemaji and Jorhat, other affected districts include Lakhimpur, Darrang, Nalbari, Barpeta, Goalpara, Morigaon and Kamrup.
Two children in Dakhinpat village in Jorhat district had been swept away on July three, the sources said quoting late reports reaching Guwahati.
The Brahmaputra was maintaining a rising trend from Guwahati to lower Assam's Dhubri district, the sources said.
The water level was above the danger level in most parts of upper Assam, the sources said quoting Central Water Commission reports.
However, the water level in most of Brahmaputra's tributaries were falling, the reports said adding, the Brahmaputra was flowing steadily at Dibrugarh while maintaining a falling trend at Neamatighat.
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