2016-08-25
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Flood
- Country: India
- Occurrence Date (UTC):
- SA activation Date(UTC): 25 August, 2016
- Requester: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- Escalation to the International Charter:
- GLIDE Number:
Disaster Situation
Continuous rain in upstream Ganges basin have caused floods in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Flood waters from upstream caused 22 causalities in Bihar while affecting 23.71 lakh people. Ganga and five of its tributaries are flowing above danger level at six places - Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat, Hathidah in Patna, Bhagalpur and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district - and in certain points of Munger district and Buxar district. The Central Water Commission reports that water level of Ganga was flowing above danger level at Gandhi Ghat, Digha Ghat and Hathidah (Patna) by 168 cm, 79 cm and 141 cm respectively at 6 AM on 22-Aug-2016. In total 1.4 lakh persons were evacuated to safer places in addition to 1.05 lakh people are sheltered in 162 relief camps across the state.