Heavy showers in UP, Bihar and Nepal, flood alert issued

August 11, 2017 10:38 AM | Skymet Weather Team

Many parts of Uttar Pradesh as well as Bihar have been witnessing moderate to heavy showers in the past a few days. The last 24 hours were also no different for both the states.

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In a span of 24 hours from 08:30 am on Thursday, Bhagalpur recorded rainfall to the tune of 42 mm, followed by Patna 31 mm, Moradabad 30 mm, Shahjahanpur 26 mm, Najibabad 25 mm, Bahraich 22 mm, Lucknow 21 mm, Bareilly 20 mm, Gaya 7 mm and Gorakhpur 5 mm of light showers.

These rains can be attributed to the cyclonic circulation over central parts of Uttar Pradesh. Moreover, the axis of Monsoon trough is also passing through Bareilly, Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

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Thus owing to this, weathermen at Skymet Weather expects rains to increase over most parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next two to three days. We can expect moderate to heavy showers with a few very heavy spells along the foothills of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. This increase in rain activity along the foothills could be credited to the shifting of axis of Monsoon trough towards the area.

Places like Lakhimpur Kheri, Maharajganj, Shravasti, Bahraich, Sitapur, Gonda, Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rains.

In the meantime, northern districts of Bihar such as east and West Champaran, Sitamarhi and Madhubani will record heavy rains and some other districts such as Supaul, Araiya, and Kishanganj may also see moderate to heavy showers.

Many places in Nepal are also likely to receive heavy to very heavy showers which will exaggerate the threat of flooding over northern districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar due to the inflow of water. Thus, people are advised to exercise caution.

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