Photos: Refusing to relent, monsoon claims over 100 lives in UP, Bihar
Updated On Sep 30, 2019 06:20 PM IST
Heavy rains have killed at least 100 people in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Rescue forces are in action as the floodwater has inundated hospitals and educational institutions. The state disaster response force has been deployed for rescue efforts in Patna. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), monsoon may start retreating in or after the second week of October. It will be the first time that monsoon would retreat in October since IMD started compiling such records in 1960.
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Commuters stranded on a waterlogged road owing to heavy rainfall, in Patna, Bihar. At least 134 people have died in rain-related incidents across the country in the past three days, with Uttar Pradesh reporting the maximum cases and Bihar capital Patna reeling under knee-deep water due to the sudden spurt in late monsoon rainfall. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)
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Commuters wade through waist-deep water as a car is partially submerged in Patna. The latest spell of rainfall is due to extended low pressure areas creating monsoon trough in different parts of the country, which would result in more showers in the next five days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)
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Waterlogging at a ward of Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) after heavy monsoon rains in Patna. IMD director general M Mohapatra said monsoon will retreat later than normal this year: from the second week of October. This is the first time since 1960 — the year IMD began keeping records — that the monsoon will remain active till mid-October. The monsoon season normally begins on June 1 and ends on September 30. (PTI)
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) workers rescue people from the flood-affected area of Bahadurpur in Patna. The state disaster response force has been deployed for rescue efforts and has installed additional pumps across the city to flush out water. Bihar’s principal secretary disaster management Pratyay Amrit said 15 districts where more rain is expected in the next 24 hours have been put on alert and all schools have been closed till Tuesday. (Santosh Kumar / HT Photo)
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Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday held a meeting with district collectors to review the situation and directed them to provide all possible relief, said state water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha. “We are making all possible efforts. I would appeal to the people of the state to have patience and courage,” the CM told reporters in Patna. (Santosh Kumar / HT Photo)
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Houses are inundated with floodwaters in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Sandhaya Kureel, a spokeswoman of the Disaster Management and Relief Department, said most of the fatalities in Uttar Pradesh have been caused by house collapses, lightning and drowning. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)
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Boys play in the rain on a flooded street in Prayagraj. This year, rainfall is 8% more than the long period average (LPA), indicating that this monsoon will end with “above normal” rains. IMD had forecast in April that monsoon rainfall will be “near normal” at 96% of the LPA. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)
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A man and a boy ride a scooter through a flooded road after heavy rains in Prayagraj. Relief Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, GS Priyadarshi, also said that 294 houses have been damaged due to excessive rain in the area. He said that the government is constantly in touch with the weather department and district administrations to control water-logging problems. (Jitendra Prakash / REUTERS)
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People wade through floodwaters in Prayagraj. Nearly 850 prisoners from Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia District Jail have been shifted to jails in the neighbouring districts following heavy water-logging inside the barracks after incessant rains since Wednesday. According to Ballia District Magistrate Bhavani Singh Khangaraut, “Waterlogging from five inches to one foot has been reported from all the barracks of the district jail. “ (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)
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Vehicles wade across a waterlogged street in Kolkata, West Bengal. The IMD’s Sunday bulletin said, “As per the dynamical model guidance, the forecast flow pattern does not indicate the establishment of an anticyclone in the lower tropospheric levels over northwestern parts of India (which is an indication of beginning of withdrawal of monsoon) up to October 6. From October 7, models indicate a development of a weak anticyclone over the region.” (Swapan Mahapatra / PTI)
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Monsoon clouds hover over the city in Guwahati, Assam. “We cannot announce monsoon withdrawal unless it stops raining in northwest India. It is still raining in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Anti-cyclone hasn’t established,” said Mohapatra. (Anupam Nath / AP)
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