Protecting against the winter months is our main concern. This has created favorable conditions for the ongoing agricultural campaign, but it has also increased the risk of flooding and mudflows due to snow melting over the course of the spring. * Brahmaputra River floods devastate Assam state * PM Singh calls floods worst in recent times, promises aid * State rich in oil, gas and timber By Biswajyoti Das PAZARBHANGA, India, July 16 (Reuters) - India's annual monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains started in June and left at least 400,000 people homeless in the northeastern state of Assam, in a tragedy experts say was made worse by corruption and poor management of the Brahmaputra River. In addition, the forecast also predicts continuous rainfalls in north China. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 13 and 3 degrees Celsius respectively on Sunday," a Met official said.