ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: Floodwaters have begun to recede in northeast India. But that's temporary. More rain is in the forecast. CNN's Matthew Chance reports, relief is on the way, but now there's a new threat.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The downpour has eased for the moment, and the people of northeastern India have their first chance to take stock of the damage. After weeks of torrential monsoon rains, international aid agencies say at least a hundred people have died. More than 4 million have been made homeless in the flooding. Whole communities have been washed away.</s>HARFULLA KAHN (through translator): Crops in 1,000 hectares have been lost. Wheat, sugar cane crops have been destroyed. The villages have been cut off. You cannot reach them except by boat.</s>CHANCE: The waters have swept across vast areas of the country. The Indian state of Assam has been hit the hardest, and more rains are forecast. Security forces have been deployed in the region to distribute food and medical supplies and to rescue stranded survivors. But as the floodwaters begin to recede, aid workers are warning of a humanitarian crisis. While the authorities scramble to rebuild roads and flood defenses, outbreaks of water-borne diseases are posing a new and deadly threat. Already there are reports of severe dysentery. And unless clean drinking water and medicine can reach those most in need, officials say outbreaks of cholera and malaria could also take hold. Matthew Chance, CNN, New Delhi.
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