Excessive rain during July and August, coupled with high tide and water released from Tista, Mahananda, Tangan river and flood water from Bangaladesh has rendered the flood situation in North and South Dinajpur in West Bengal "beyond control". Over two million people have been affected in 5,103 villages of 5 districts of West Bengal, More than 300,000 people have been rendered homeless. Crops destroyed by the flood waters means their will be a shortage of food over the following months.