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Bihar floods: Nearly 15 lakh affected in 11 districts
Darbhanga is the worst-affected district, as 5.36 lakh people there have either been displaced or are trapped inside their homesAs many as 1.36 lakh people have been evacuated from the marooned areas so far
2 min read26 Jul 202073 dead in Bihar floods, rescue operations continue
Rescue forces have been trying to mechanically drain out the water from the affected regionsThe NDRF and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) teams have been deployed in Patna city
1 min read3 Oct 2019Patna rains: IndiGo, GoAir issues waiver on rescheduling, cancellation
The weather department has forecast a long and delayed withdrawal of monsoon from BiharAirlines are issuing fee waiver on cancellation and rescheduling of flights from Patna
1 min read1 Oct 2019Over 100 killed in four days as floods wreck havoc in Bihar, UP
Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi was on Monday rescued from his residence as he was stranded due to flooding in the area after incessant rainsWhile the exact figure of the death toll is yet to come in, a rough estimate pegged the toll at 100 across Bihar and UP
2 min read30 Sep 2019Bihar floods: Airlines issue advisory for Patna airport
Heavy rains has also affected the movement of trains, flights as well as road trafficBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has assured all possible assistance for relief measures
1 min read30 Sep 2019Over 120 dead in four days due to heavy rains across country; Patna worst hit
In what the weather department said could be the longest delayed withdrawal of monsoon, rains continued to lash several statesA bird's eye view of Bihar capital Patna made the city appear like a huge lake dotted with concrete structures
3 min read29 Sep 2019Bihar battles floods yet again, as rivers swell up due to heavy rain
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red warning for heavy rain for the state for today as well as MondayThe highest rainfall was recorded in districts of Samastipur, Bhagalpur, Begusarai and Bhojpur
2 min read29 Sep 2019Flood alert for UP, Bihar as river waters rise over next few days
Enhanced rainfall in Nepal till Wednesday could lead to a rise in the water levels in rivers in East UP and Bihar over next three days: IMDThis could lead to flooding of some of the low-lying areas along the banks of Yamuna and Ganga
1 min read17 Sep 2019Floods continue to pile agony on people of Bihar, Assam
In Bihar, 66.76 lakh people form 12 districts of the state have been hit by the calamityIn Assam, 1.79 lakh hectare of agricultural land has been inundated
2 min read19 Jul 2019Voting for man-made disasters
The root cause of man-made disasters of the type we saw in August is not merely incapacity and apathy but conscious errors of omission and commission by the state
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