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India

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

At 08:00 the River Ganga at Patna Gandhighat was measured at 49.62 m, 1.02 m above the Danger Level and 0.90 m below the previous HFL of 50.52 m (20/08/2016), with a falling trend. The issuer is Bihar-SDMA and the source characterizes the situation as Severe with Urgency marked as Expected.

Spiti River above Kaza, Lahaul and Spiti Dist, Himachal, India. The river bed is several hundred metres wide. The river itself is much narrower and meanders along the river bed. Elev. 3,600m (11,811'). 20 Jun 2018.
Illustrative image: Spiti River above Kaza, Lahaul and Spiti Dist, Himachal, India. The river bed is several hundred metres wide. The river itself is much narrower and meanders along the river bed. Elev. 3,600m (11,811'). 20 Jun 2018. — This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if you send me an email tagooty@yahoo.com or write on my talk page , for my information. Please contact me before commercial use. Please do not upload an edited image here without consulting me. I would like to make corrections only at my own source to ensure that the changes improve the image and are preserved. Otherwise you may upload an edited image with a ne/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 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
2/10
Global importance
3/10
Impact magnitude
5/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
5/10

Why it matters

Levels above the Danger Level indicate an active severe flood situation affecting Patna district that requires monitoring.

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