Met warns of heavy rains at one or two places in north Bihar

Patna, Sep 2 (PTI) Light to moderate rainfall occurredat a few places in Bihar while heavy rainfall was reportedfrom one or two places in south east parts of the state.The Patna Meteorological Centre

Patna, Sep 2 (PTI) Light to moderate rainfall occurred

at a few places in Bihar while heavy rainfall was reported

from one or two places in south east parts of the state.

The Patna Meteorological Centre today issued a warning

that heavy rainfall is likely to take place at one or two

places in north Bihar in the next 24 hours.

Bhagalpur registered 76.1 mm rainfall in past 24 hours

(recorded between 8:30 am on Friday to 8:30 am on Saturday)

followed by 4.9 mm in Purnea, 1.8 in Gaya and 0.2 in Patna

during the same period, it said.

Banka received 5 cm of rain followed by 4 cm each in

Chargharia (Kishanganj), Jehanabad, Sabour (Bhagalpur), 3 cm

each in Barbigha, Sheikhpura (Sheikhpura), Forbesganj

(Araria), Dhengraghat (Purnea).

Among the major cities, Patna recorded the highest

maximum temperature at 34.0 degrees Celsius, followed by Gaya

at 33.2 degrees, Bhagalpur at 32.7 and Purnea at 30.6 degrees,

Met office said.

In its forecast, the Met department said that Patna

may witness a generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of

rain or thunder showers tomorrow while Bhagalpur is likely to

get moderate rain.

Gaya and Purnea are likely to witness generally

cloudy sky with possibility of rain or thunder shower

tomorrow, bulletin said.

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