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The death toll jumped from around 120 on Monday, after the discovery of more bodies in West Bengal and the western state of Gujarat where water levels have receded, allowing families to return home. Numerous deaths were due to drowning, collapsed masonry, lightning strikes and...

The release of water from brimming dams has exacerbated the flooding in West Bengal after Cyclone Komen struck the east coast on Friday, Khan said.

The BBC said that a cyclone struck the state of West Bengal, killing 48 people in flood-related incidents, with over 200,000 people have moved to relief camps.

President Thein Sein declared four regions disaster areas on July 31, with estimates that more than 156,000 people across the country have been affected.