GUWAHATI, India (AFP) -- Severe flooding in India and Bangladesh claimed 29 more lives overnight as officials warned Sunday there was more rain ahead in a deluge that has marooned or displaced millions.

More than 3,200 people have now been killed in the two countries in what officials are calling the worst monsoon season in decades, which has also ruined hundreds of millions of dollars in crops.
In India's northeastern Assam state, one of the regions hardest hit by the floods, 10 people drowned while trying to escape the water's fury, said the state's relief minister, Bhumidar Barman.
""The situation is still critical in many areas with millions of people lodged at makeshift shelters,"" Barman said, noting that the forecast called for more thundershowers in the coming 24 hours.
""More rains mean the situation would worsen further,"" he said.
The torrential downpours have swelled the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers, which burst their banks last week.
Large swathes of Assam continued to suffer heavy flooding Sunday, with the swirling waters of the main Brahmaputra River flowing above the danger mark in many places.
The Central Water Commission said the river and its main tributaries were still rising.
""This is one of the most prolonged floods in recent years and by far the worst,"" Assam state water resources minister Bharat Narah said.
More than 2,200 people have been killed by floods and rains in India alone this monsoon season, which began in June.
In neighbouring Bangladesh, despite receding water levels, 19 people died overnight, taking the death toll since June to 1,042, government spokesman Sachindranath Halder said Sunday.
More than 2.5 million people have been marooned or displaced while crops across two million acres (800,000 hectares) of land have been damaged, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre chief Saiful Hossain said.
But he said the flood waters were starting to recede.
""The flood situation improved in the last 24 hours and continues to improve at a faster rate today (Sunday) as all the major rivers have started falling across the country,"" Hossain said.
""We think the floods will be over by Friday.""
Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which has a population of 144 million, has sought an initial 150 million dollars in aid, with 60 million dollars already pledged in immediate food and medical assistance.
The agriculture ministry says crops worth at least 290 million dollars have been damaged in the seasonal flooding, while the cost to infrastructure and housing has yet to be determined.