Endangered rhinos face threat in Kaziranga as floods worsen in northeast

The Kaziranga National Park, home of the endangered one-horned rhino, was almost entirely under water

Floods in northeast India worsened on Tuesday with incessant rain swelling already raging rivers, inundating villages and a rhinoceros sanctuary as 1,000 soldiers were deployed to rescue people fleeing the rising waters. 

Heavy early monsoon rain has lashed parts of South Asia since last week, killing at least 119 people and forcing more than five million people from their homes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Some areas of Pakistan have also been flooded.

The rain was easing on over parts of Nepal, Bangladesh and India's Bihar state, where thousands have sough shelter in relief camps, officials said.

But India's Assam state in the remote