Heavy rain at some places in north west Bihar

Patna, Sep 3 (PTI) Heavy rain occurred at one or twoplaces in north west Bihar today while some places in southeast part of the state received light to moderate rainfall.Bhagalpur and Purnea received

Patna, Sep 3 (PTI) Heavy rain occurred at one or two

places in north west Bihar today while some places in south

east part of the state received light to moderate rainfall.

Bhagalpur and Purnea received 2.6 and 2.8 mm of rain

respectively in past 24 hours (recorded between 8:30 am on

Saturday to 8:30 am on Sunday), Met office said.

Gaunaha received 10 cm of rain while Jhanjharpur and

Katihar received 5 cm each whereas Kursela, Chargharia, Rosera

and Birpur registered 4 cm each rainfall, it added.

The Patna Meteorological Centre today forecast

that one or two places in north Bihar may witness isolated

heavy rainfall in next 24 hours.

Isolated moderate thunder storm with lightning

is likely to take place in south Bihar tomorrow, the Met

bulletin said.

Met department said that Patna and Gaya may witness a

generally cloudy sky with light rain or drizzle while

Bhagalpur and Purnea may have a generally cloudy sky with one

or two spells of rain or thunder showers or moderate rain

tomorrow.

Among the major cities, Patna and Bhagalpur recorded

the highest maximum temperature of 34.8 degrees Celsius each

while Gaya recorded 34 degrees Celsius and Purnea registered

33.7 degrees Celsius, the Met office said.

This is published unedited from the PTI feed.