There was a change in the weather in Bihar on Friday and since morning, life got disrupted due to torrential rains and strong winds in most of the districts of the state. Whereas 12 people died in different districts due to lightning. With this, the temperature of the state has dropped by about 8 degrees and there has been relief from the scorching heat.

Today also on Saturday, an orange alert of rain with strong wind has been issued in a total of 24 districts including all the districts of South Bihar including the capital Patna and the western areas of North Bihar. There is also a warning of heavy rain in Bhagalpur and Banka districts, while there is a strong possibility of rain with strong wind in the capital Patna today. There will be no significant change in the temperature of the state even today.

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Fear of rain in south-west Bihar

Meteorological Center Patna has predicted rain at many places in south-west Bihar, where there is extreme heat, on Saturday. In which there is a possibility of bad weather in Rohtas, Bhabhua, Buxar, Bhojpur, Arwal and Aurangabad. There is a strong possibility of more rain in these districts today and everyone has been advised to be cautious of thunderstorms.

Apart from this, there is a possibility of rain and lightning at some places in West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Nalanda, Jehanabad, Nawada, Gaya, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Jamui, Munger, Banka, Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts.

Orange alert in these districts

There is a possibility of worsening weather in some districts including North-East Bihar on 31 May and 1 June. However, no warning has been given regarding rain today in the eastern and central areas of North Bihar, where there is more rainfall. The weather is forecast to remain dry in these districts. But the Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert regarding rainfall in East Champaran, West Champaran, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Sheohar, Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur between 1 am to 5 am today and few rains have occurred in these districts.

Three in Nawada, two dead in Gaya

According to the Meteorological Department, the fastest storm in Patna on Friday was 107 km per hour. The wind speed in Gayaji was 74 km per hour. 12 people also died due to lightning on Friday. Among these, three people, including two women, died due to lightning in Nawada. Three people also died due to lightning in Gaya district. One person each died in Khagaria and Bhagalpur due to lightning. Apart from this, strong winds caused falls at many places and many other incidents also took place. On Friday at 12 o’clock, there was heavy rain in 6 districts including Patna, the first record of the day.

Among these, maximum of 135.4 mm was recorded in Siwan. In Gopalganj, heavy rainfall occurred at most places ranging between 96.6 to 82.2 mm. Apart from this, there was 68.4 ml heavy rainfall in Parbatta of Khagaria, 68 ml in Punpun of Patna, 67.2 ml in Akbarpur of Nawada and 64.8 ml in Manjhi of Saran. Apart from this, moderate rainfall was recorded in other districts also.

rapid drop in temperature

Bihar got complete relief from the heat due to the storm and rain on Friday. A big drop in day temperature was seen in most of the districts. The maximum temperature in Patna fell by 8.5 degrees Celsius. On Saturday, the day temperature in the capital was recorded at 26.2 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, the temperature of Kaimur, which has become a furnace due to the heatwave for the last few days, also dropped by 5.4 degrees from Thursday to 34.5 degrees Celsius on Friday. Within the last 24 hours, the temperature did not remain above 34.4 degrees anywhere in the state. The lowest day’s maximum temperature was recorded at 24 degrees Celsius in Sabour of Bhagalpur and the second lowest day’s temperature was recorded in Patna.

According to the forecast of the Meteorological Department, there is little possibility of the temperature increasing in the state for the next two days. This will provide relief from the heat for the time being, but after this, the day temperature may increase by 4 to 6 degrees Celsius in the first week of June. The Meteorological Department has predicted a severe heatwave in Bihar in the month of June. During this period, the temperature may be recorded above normal in most of the districts.

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