Bihar Weather: Heavy rain warning in 5 districts, flood like situation in 6 districts in Bihar

Bihar Weather: Patna. After a gap of three days, capital Patna is again experiencing rain. It rained here and there throughout the day on Thursday. This has brought relief to the drought-hit people, but the water level of the Ganges has also reached a dangerous level. Terai areas of North Bihar are receiving continuous rains. It is raining incessantly in Nepal. Due to this there has been flooding in many rivers including Kantak, Kosi, Bagmati, Kamla. Due to this, many districts including Petiya, Motihari, Gopalganj, Madhubani, Subal, Araria have experienced flood like situation. Patna-based Meteorological Center Scientist SK Patel said monsoon activity had decreased in the last few days but has picked up again since Thursday. Northern districts of Bihar will continue to receive heavy rains today. These districts are likely to receive heavy rains today i.e. 12th July, West Champaran, East Champaran, Shivhar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani and Subal of Bihar are likely to experience heavy, araria and very heavy rains. Kishanganj. All districts of South Bihar may receive light to moderate rain at few places. Orange alert for thunder and lightning has been issued for Patna, Jaganabad, Nalanda, Gaya, Nawada, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Jamui, Munger, Khagaria, Banga and Bhagalpur. Yellow alert has been issued in all remaining districts except West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Sivan and Saran districts. Monsoon will be active again and there is a possibility of rain again in Patna and surrounding areas. As the monsoon has intensified, heavy rain is likely to occur in northern districts in the next 48 hours, the Meteorological Department said. Light to moderate rain is likely in other districts of the state including Patna. Monsoon activities remained active in the state till July 7, according to meteorologists. Monsoon has weakened slightly after July 7. The state has received 14 percent rainfall so far. Now the people are likely to get relief as the rain activities have started again. On Thursday, the maximum temperature in the city was 34.9 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature was 28.0 degrees Celsius. If it rains from Friday, the temperature will drop. Also Read: Patna Airport: International flights to start from Patna airport after 24 years Weather forecast in Gaya says 102mm of rain on Friday too It rained continuously for about two and a half hours in the evening, making it difficult to walk in the city. The evening market was affected by heavy rains. No one could come out anywhere. People who went to the market were stuck there. Vehicular traffic was also affected due to water logging on the roads. However, such rains have damaged crops like moonshine. As paddy planting has started, such rains are needed. The rain on Thursday evening brought relief to the people who were suffering from scorching sun since morning. After 4 pm there was a change in the weather. 102 mm of rain was recorded between 5 pm and 8 pm. At the same time the wind speed is 16 kmph. The maximum temperature on Thursday was 36.4 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature was 26.9 degrees Celsius. The post Bihar Weather: Heavy rain warning in 5 districts in Bihar, flood like situation in 6 districts appeared first on Prabhat Khabar.