New Delhi (CNN) More than 100 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced after torrential monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides across Nepal and parts of South Asia.

At least 69 people have died in Nepal, with a further 31 people identified as missing and more than 2,500 rescued, the country's Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday. Search and rescue efforts have been stepped up, with multiple federal agencies, the Nepalese Army, and paramilitary forces mobilized.

Two million people have been directly affected by flooding in the country, according to police officials in Nepal.

A Nepalese man wades through a flooded street in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 12, 2019.

In neighboring India, 24 people have died on the northeastern state of Bihar, which lies on the India-Nepal border. The death toll there is "bound to increase," said Pratyaya Amrit, a senior official at the Bihar Disaster Management Department, as flood waters retreat and reveal the true extent of the damage. More than 2.5 million people have been directly affected in Bihar, the statement added.

In India's far northeastern Assam State, more than 2.7 million people have been directly affected by floods, according to the Assam Disaster Management Authority.

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