The 2017 Northeast India floods are caused by overflowing of Brahmaputra river in the state of Assam in July 2017 affecting four Indian states: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Manipur. As of 14 July 2017, at least 85 people were dead as a result of the flooding and 4 lac people have been affected and 500,000 have been homeless. Nearly 60 animals, mostly deer and wild boars, perished in the floods.