Monsoon tracker of the country: Flood in Bihar, university exams postponed; Rain alert in MP from tomorrow, mercury near 40º in Rajasthan
Due to the rising water level of the Ganges river in Bihar, 12.67 lakh people are affected by the floods in Buxar, Bhojpur, Saran, Vaishali, Patna, Samastipur, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Munger, Khagaria, Bhagalpur and Katihar.
Due to floods, Munger University has postponed the examinations. Apart from Ganga, the water level of Kosi, Budhi Gandak, Gandak, Ghaghra, Punpun and Son rivers has been flowing above the danger mark for the last 3 days.
There may be light rain in Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur of Madhya Pradesh today. An alert for heavy rain has been issued here for 3 days from tomorrow. The state has received 41.8 inches of rain so far in the monsoon season.
The Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rain alert in 16 states of the country on Monday. However, there is no alert of very heavy rain anywhere. The temperature in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan was recorded at 39.4º.
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This time the monsoon will be active for 16 more days than normal
- Usually, the monsoon starts retreating from western Rajasthan after September 18, but this time it is expected to remain active for about 16 more days.
- This means that the country will witness heavy rains till the end of September. According to private weather agency Skymet, there is a possibility of rain in October as well after the monsoon returns.
- According to the Meteorological Department, this monsoon has received 108% or 8% more rainfall so far. Despite this, about one-fourth of the country, or 185 districts (26%), are facing drought.
- There are 68 districts which have received 60% of the normal rainfall, of which 19 are in Rajasthan alone. The worst affected are Uttar Pradesh (30 districts), Bihar (25), Jharkhand (11), Odisha (11), Punjab (15).
Reason for monsoon being active for 16 more days
- According to the Meteorological Department, a depression is formed over north-western Uttar Pradesh. It is moving towards Uttarakhand. It will also affect some parts of Himachal Pradesh.
- A new low pressure area is near South Bangladesh, which will turn into a depression in 2 days. This will be the fourth depression of this season. Due to this, there will be rain in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
