A total of 31 animals have died so far due to drowning while 82 others have been rescued from floodwater in the worst deluge in recent years inside the famed Kaziranga National Park, a park official said on Thursday.

The animal mortality includes 23 hog deer due to drowning in the park and 15 during treatment.

The forest officials rescued 73 hog deer, two otters, two sambar deer, a scops owl, one rhino calf, an Indian hare and a jungle cat.

Twenty animals are currently under treatment while 31 others have been released after treatment, the official said.

A total of 11 animals had died due to drowning while 65 others were rescued from the flood waters of the severely affected park till Wednesday.

A Royal Bengal Tiger strayed into a neighbouring village in the Nagaon district from the flooded park and forest officials were trying to tranquilise the animal. Police personnel were deployed to prevent untoward incidents and control the people as panic gripped the village area.

Out of the 233 camps in the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, 95 were still inundated till Thursday evening against the 141 during the day, the official said.