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River Ganga at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of Bihar continues to flow in severe flood situation at 8:00 am today.

At 8:00 a.m., the Ganga at Kahalgaon was at 32.01 m, 0.92 m above its danger level, with a falling trend. It remained in a severe flood situation.

Interiors of Rohtasgarh Fort located in the Son River valley, in the small town of Rohtas in Bihar, India.
Illustrative image: Interiors of Rohtasgarh Fort located in the Son River valley, in the small town of Rohtas in Bihar, India. — Amitabha Gupta/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Categories: severe-weather-and-natural-disasters

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
1/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
4/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
5/10

Why it matters

The river remained above its stated danger level despite the falling trend.

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