Guwahati:The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Friday, with the death toll rising to 98, even as the number of affected districts fell to 13 and the number of people impacted by the deluge declined to 1.55 lakh, according to an official bulletin. The 13 affected districts are Sivasagar, Golaghat, Nagaon, Hojai, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Darrang, Biswanath, Kamrup (M), Lakhimpur, Udalguri, Jorhat and Charaideo. Golaghat is the worst-hit district, with 58,750 people affected, followed by Sivasagar with 48,286 and Jorhat with 25,259. On Thursday, 15 districts and more than 1.68 lakh people were affected. The government has already released Rs 2 lakh each to affected schools in the worst-hit districts for cleaning and repair work.