In the eastern Indian state of Bihar -- one of the worst hit -- the Ganges and other rivers surged above the danger mark, a government statement said, adding that efforts to distribute food and drinking water had been affected.

More than 1,900 people have died in India from the annual monsoon rain floods since June and millions have been displaced, the statement said.

In neighbouring Bangladesh, where millions have also been affected, 10 more people died in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 690.

Another 123 people have died in Nepal, where aid officials say nearly 485,000 people were affected in the southern low-land areas of the nation.

Heavy monsoon rains and snow melt peaked in late July and early August in South Asia, with losses estimated at nearly one billion dollars and major outbreaks of water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea posing a threat.

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