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AGARTALA: The flood situation in Tripura deteriorated on Friday with the rain-fed Khowai river inundating fresh areas rendering thousands homeless and damaging roads and crops, officials said.While two lives were lost on Wednesday, a 50-year-old farmer was washed away by the Khowai river and his body was recovered from Sonalata area yesterday, they said.Around 2,000 flood affected people took shelter in freshly opened relief camps this morning as water level of the Khowai has been swelling following continuous rain since last night, Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Uttam Mandal said.Currently, 6,000 people are marooned in Khowai district, he said, adding it has caused extensive damage to road connectivity as well as crops.Vehicular movement has been disrupted in different places of the district ..