The Bihar water resources and disaster management departments have been working on a war footing to ensure rescuing people from the flood-affected areas.
Nepal floods: Television images showed police rescuers in knee-high rubber boots using picks and shovels to clear away mud and retrieve 16 bodies of passengers from two buses swept away by a massive landslide at a site on the key route into Kathmandu.
A flood alert has been issued in Bihar after the release of water from Valmikinagar and Birpur barrages, affecting over 1.35 lakh people across 12 districts. Heavy rains continue to raise river levels, impacting low-lying areas and kharif crops.
Rivers are also flowing above the danger mark at certain places in Bagaha, Purnea, Supaul, Darbhanga, Khagaria and Jhanjharpur.
Indu Devi, a local in Hajipur, told, "We had to leave our houses because floods inundated them. We came up with family, children and cattle but survival is tough. Sometimes we get food, many times we have to go hungry."
The flood situation has worsened in Patna district after water from the Ganga entered into some more localities on Friday. The water level has increased in the last 24 hours, entering the Didarganj region located on the eastern side of the state capital.
Several states in the country are witnessing the havoc wrecked by heavy rainfall causing floods and landslides. Incessant rains in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have created devastating flood situation.
The US-based space agency NASA has predicted that several Indian coastal cities will be submerged to upto 2.7 feet by 2100.
Rainfall with isolated heavy falls is very likely over Madhya Pradesh and east Rajasthan during next two days with significant reduction in intensity and distribution thereafter.
Incessant rainfall have created a flood situation in many states including Rajasthan and bihar. watch ground report from these states on india tv.
At least seven people have died and nearly 2.5 lakh have been displaced from their homes in six flood-hit districts of West Bengal.
Heavy rainfall has hit several parts of the India in recent weeks, with floods and landslides in maharashtra and other states caused deaths of many. watch ground report.
Heavy waterlogging has become a situation in many places after heavy rains in Patna on. Due to waterlogging in the Bihar Assembly, people coming are facing a lot of trouble.
Heavy flood in Muzaffarpur due to Budhi Gandak river water increase
As of 8 am on Wednesday, rivers Gandak and Burhi Gandak in Bihar were flowing above their danger levels.
Kishanganj: A bridge in Goabari village washed away ahead of its inauguration following a rise in the water level of Kankai river.
Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur remained the two most affected districts where the number of people hit by the deluge has increased. The number of sufferers has also risen in Gopalganj district.
As monsoon rains continue to set new records this season, several rivers across India continue to flow above danger levels bringing with them floods. Flood situation in catchment areas of river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh especially remained grim while unabated rains have raised flood alarm in several north Karnataka districts. In Bihar also flood situation remained grim causing loss of life and livelihood for many.
The total number of flood-affected people in the state has risen to 74 lakh, while deaths caused due to the deluge stood at 23, a Disaster Management Department bulletin said.
Water entered in residential area after water level in Bagmati River increased in Bihar's Muzaffarpur.
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