Heavy rain lashes parts of Bihar, red alert for today

Extremely heavy rain occurred at a few places in the northwest parts of the state while heavy rain lashed south-east and north-central parts in the past 24 hours, said officials of Patna Meteorological Centre on Tuesday

Extremely heavy rain occurred at a few places in the northwest parts of the state while heavy rain lashed south-east and north-central parts in the past 24 hours, said officials of Patna Meteorological Centre on Tuesday.

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According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), rainfall ranging between 70 mm and 110 mm is termed as “heavy”, 120 mm to 200 mm “very heavy” and rain exceeding 210 mm “extremely heavy”.

As per the daily bulletin, Ramnagar and Chanpatia in West Champaran recorded 280 mm rain each, followed by Bagha (210 mm), Guanaha (160 mm) and Kesariya (130 mm).

Patna received 42.6 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am to 5.30 pm.

As per the five-day forecast, widespread rain is likely in the state till June 19. The MeT centre predicted very heavy rain on Wednesday as well and issued a red-colour warning for northwest parts of Bihar, including West Champaran, Siwan, Saran, East Champaran and Gopalganj while an orange alert has been issued for the remaining districts.

Meteorologist SK Patel said the state recorded the season’s highest rainfall on Tuesday. “Monsoon remained very active in the state in the past 24 hours. The state recorded 111 mm actual rain this month, which is 92% excess than normal rain,” he said.