Updated on July 3, 03:30 PM: Flooding rains in Gorakhpur, Bahraich, Purnea, Supaul to continue
Monsoon has remained active in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with widespread heavy rains occurring along the foothills of both the states in the last 24 hours.
Most parts of these states, mainly North Uttar Pradesh and North Bihar are experiencing cloudy weather conditions, giving a feel-effect of rainy day conditions. In the wake of this, in most cities of Uttar Pradesh are witnessing the temperatures running below the normal levels, thereby giving a huge relief from the hot weather conditions to the people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and people have received great relief from the heat.
During the last 24 hours from 8:30 on Monday, 42.4 mm of rains were recorded in Moradabad, 39 mm in Bahraich, 38 mm in Gorakhpur, 25.4 mm in Sultanpur, 24 mm in Muzaffarnagar and 20 mm of rains were witnessed by Bareilly in the cities of Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the cities like Supaul recorded 52.6 mm of rains, Purnea 48.2 mm, Forbesganj 41.4 mm, Bhagalpur 32 mm, Muzaffarpur recorded 22 mm of rains, and Patna recorded 1 mm of rains.
According to Skymet Weather experts, light to moderate rains are expected to continue over both the states, mainly along the foothills for next 24 hours. Rains can be more in cities like Varanasi and Gorakhpur. There is a possibility of a reduction in rain activities after the next 24 hours over Uttar Pradesh, however, parts of Bihar would continue to get rains for the subsequent 24 hours. However, the possibility of light to moderate rainfall cannot be ruled out.
Updated on July 2, 06:30 PM: Torrential rains in Gorakhpur, Bahraich, Purnea, Supaul; flooding likely
The month of July began on a rainy note, especially for the districts situated along the foothills of Himalayas. For the past two days, moderate with isolated heavy rains have been occurring over the districts stretching along the foothills that have triggered alarming situation for floods to take place.
The reason for these rains, as per Skymet Weather can be related with the shift of the Monsoon trough towards the foothills of Himalayas. The central portion of the trough is running along Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Thus, this situation is conducive for causing flooding rains over the districts along the foothills of Himalayas. Additionally, this situation may also lead to heavy rains over Nepal which would further deteriorate the situation over the Indian states of both Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Nepal is a mountainous terrain and when heavy rains occur over parts of Nepal, the water flows down to the major rivers over the catchment area of North Bihar, in Nepal.
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Burhi Gandak, Gandak, Baghmati, Kosi, and Mahananda in Bihar, while, Rapti, Ramganga, Gomti, and Sharda are the rivers flowing in the districts of foothills of both the states. These torrential rains would in-turn increase the water levels of these major rivers, causing them to swell and break their banks, resulting in submersion of parts of the plains.
Districts like Bareilly, Pilibhit, Bahraich, Kheri, Balrampur, Mahrajganj, Gorakhpur, Naugarh, Basti, and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh while Forbesganj, Madhubani, Motihari, Purnea and Supaul in Bihar are likely to be get affected the most by these incessant Monsoonal rains.
As such, Bihar is one of the flood-prone states of the country, especially people staying in parts of North Bihar usually live under the risk of deluge destruction. These rains would once again refresh the haunting memory of ‘2017 Bihar floods’ that took away more than 500 lives.
A situation to remain grim for at least two days before any improvement is foreseen.
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