Patna: People wade through a flooded street during heavy rain, in Patna, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (PTI)
Weather forecast Today LIVE Updates: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in the state of Bihar for the next two days. A Flood alert has been sounded across 13 districts in North Bihar. Meanwhile, the state government has closed all schools in Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur and Sheikhpura districts in the state.
Meanwhile, the IMD has also forecast ‘heavy to very heavy’ rain over Sub Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for the next 2-3 days. An increase in rainfall has been predicted from September 29 onwards for Assam and Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and Manipur.
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Nearly 45 people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh and Telangana in the past 24 hours. UP CM Yogi Adityanath asked the officials concerned to visit the rain-affected areas and extend immediate relief to those affected. Lucknow recorded 76.4 mm rain till Friday and 39.2 mm rain since Friday morning.
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Patna: People wade through a flooded street during heavy rain, in Patna, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI9_28_2019_000029A)
In Pune, schools remained closed due to heavy rain on Friday. Close to 17 people were killed in rain-related incidents in the city on Thursday and about 3,00 people were evacuated. IMD issued a yellow alert for Himachal Pradesh for Friday and Saturday. Kangra and Sirmour districts in the state experienced heavy showers.
Hyderabad was lashed with heavy rains since late Thursday. Around 200 houses in the city were inundated after a wall connected to Hussain Sagar Lake partially collapsed due to rain. Low-lying areas of the city were waterlogged.
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Patna: People wade through a flooded street during heavy rain, in Patna, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (PTI)
Over 40 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar left the streets of state capital Patna and other areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned.
As many as 35 people lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh since Friday, the state government said. While 25 of them died on Saturday, 10 lost their lives on Friday. The meteorological department said heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over eastern Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Read more here.
Heavy rain threw normal life out of gear in several parts of Bihar on Saturday, with disruption of rail traffic at a few places and submerging of major localities of state capital Patna.
Rainwater gushed into the premises of the Nalanda Medical College Hospital, the second largest healthcare unit in the city, as also the Gardanibagh hospital, inconveniencing both patients and employees.
Residences of Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar and other senior politicians were also submerged.
"Localities like Rajendra Nagar and S K Puri are the worst affected. But the good news is the Ganga has shown a receding trend. It had crossed the danger mark around a week ago," District Magistrate Kumar Ravi was quoted saying by news agency PTI.
Heavy rainfall was witnessed in Patna on Saturday, causing a traffic jam and water-logging in several parts of the city. According to the IMD, the city is likely to receive moderate rainfall accompanied by a thunderstorm in the next coming two days.
Several areas water-logged in Patna city, following heavy rainfall; visuals from Nala Road.
The India Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast heavy to very heavy showers in parts of north Gujarat and the state's Saurashtra-Kutch belt over the weekend.
Parts of south Gujarat and Saurashtra regions experienced heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours, said officials.
According to IMD officials, the cyclonic circulation that has formed over Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining areas of northeast Arabian Sea is likely to get more marked in the next 48 hours, news agency PTI reported.
Normal life was disrupted in Jammu on Saturday morning as heavy rains lashed wide parts of the Jammu province, causing waterlogging and traffic jams at many places in the city.
However, there was no report of any major damage in the rains which came as a relief to the people who were experiencing humid conditions over the past couple of days.
The MeT office has predicted scattered rains at a few places in the region till October 1. (PTI)
Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is holding a meeting with Disaster Management officials on flood situation in the state.
Water-logging in Nalanda Medical College, Patna, following rainfall in the region.
Heavy rain is likely in Cooch Behar, Malda, Shantiniketan, Siliguri in West Bengal
Moderate rain has been forecats in Balod, Baloda Bazar, Balrampur, Bemetara, Bilaspur, Dhamtari, Durg, Gariabandh, Janjir, Champa, Jashpur, Kabeerdham, Korba, Koriya, Raigarh and Rajnandgaon during the next 6-8 hours.
Mumbai is likely to receive light showers during the next 24-48 hours
Skymet Weather predicted that rain is likely to continue over Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garwa, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Khunti, Kodarma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Ranchi during the next 10-12 hours.
IMD issued a heavy rainfall warning for Gujarat till October 2. On Friday, widespread rain was reported from 171 out of 251 talukas in the state.
Chandigarh: Sector 19 in Panchkula was flooded following rain on Friday morning.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar issued instructions for the evacuation of people from villages where water has entered through swollen rivers and their relocation to relief camps.
Many areas in Varanasi were inundated following the rains, and a flood-like situation has been triggered in many areas over East Uttar Pradesh, Skymet weather reported.