Almost a week since the floods, the water levels in affected districts have been gradually receding. In the past one week, 35 districts were affected, displacing more than 18,300 families, and affecting at least 75,000 families. These are some pictures of the devastation from Saptari and Sunsari taken during the course of this week. Photos: Prakash Chandra Timilsena

A sack of rice recovered from the floods at Gairagaun-4, Itahari.

A woman shields her home with plastic after her house in Tilathi was damaged by the floods.

A water pump stands alone in the middle of flooded fields. 

A local grocery store owner salvages a packet of salt after the floodwater gushed into his store.

People head back home from higher ground. 

APF personnel clean explosives that were submerged by the water.

A local crosses the swollen Khando River at Nepal-India border in Tilathi. 

A woman extracts valuables from her home in Tilathi, Saptari.