New Delhi, June 3 -- Assam is no stranger to pre-monsoon rainfall. But that may be changing soon. On May 29, the deep depression over coastal Bangladesh and West Bengal was slowly weakening and forming a well-marked low-pressure area over parts of Northeast India. However, by May 31, the region's largest city of Guwahati recorded its highest May rainfall as recorded by the local meteorological department, drowning half of the city.

On June 2, close to 515,000 people in Assam were impacted by floods and the state recorded a death toll of seven, including two children - with dam-induced floods impacting almost half of the flood-affected people.

As of June 2, Assam lost 12,610.27 hectares of standing paddy crop, jute and various pulses to...