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River Rapti at Gorakhpur Birdghat in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh continues to flow in severe flood situation at 8:00 am today.

River Rapti at Gorakhpur Birdghat in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, is in a severe flood situation at 08:00. It was flowing at 75.39 m (steady), 0.41 m above the Danger Level of 74.98 m and 2.15 m below the previous HFL of 77.54 m (23/08/1998).

Rapti river
Illustrative image: Rapti river — Nuttyneeraj/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
1/10
Urgency
7/10

Why it matters

A river level above the Danger Level indicates ongoing flood severity at the Gorakhpur Birdghat site.

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