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Video: Elephants Run Towards Cities, Villages For Shelter Amid Heavy Rain In Nepal
Amid torrential rains in the hilly terrain of Nepal's Sunsari district, the water level in the Kosi River is flowing above the danger mark, affecting the villages in the area.
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Watch: Part Of School Building Collapses Into Kosi River In Bihar
Monsoon news and updates: Large tracts of Bihar have been inundated after continuous monsoon rain for the last few days. The latest weather bulletin has forecast more rain and "severe thunderstorm and lightning" in Bihar, parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal in next 12 hours.
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Number Of Deaths Due To Bihar Floods To Rises To 228
With six more deaths, the toll in Bihar floods today increased to 228 even as the flood situation eased with all major rivers except Punpun, Kosi and Kamlabalan, flowing below danger mark.
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Number Of Deaths In Bihar Flood Rises To 222
The number of deaths in Bihar floods today rose to 222 even as all major rivers, except Punpun and Kosi, were flowing below danger mark.
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40,000 Affected Due To Breach In Link Embankment In Bihar
Around 40,000 people of three dozen panchayats in Katihar district have been affected by a breach in Madheli link embankment due to heavy pressure of the swollen Ganga and Kosi rivers.
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Bihar Floods Force People Along Kosi To Eat Rats
At 9 in the morning Gauri Devi is waiting for her 15-year-old son to bring rats. That's the only food the family now depends on, being surrounded by flood water.
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Flood Alert Issued For North Bihar Districts
Major rivers in Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati and the Ganga, are in spate following heavy rains in their upstream areas, posing a threat of floods, officials said on Monday.
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Rising Kosi Floods 50 Villages, Threatens Many Bihar Districts
The rain-swollen Kosi river has flooded about 50 villages in Supaul district of Bihar, forcing people to abandon their homes, and the river system is threatening hundreds of villages in over half a dozen districts, officials said.
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Disaster-Prone Kosi Basin In Bihar To Be Better Warned About Floods
It's an area prone to annual devastating floods but little empirical data about it was available to anticipate potential disasters and maintain resilient livelihoods for the millions of people inhabiting the area.
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Bihar Polls: Pappu Yadav May Queer Pitch for NDA and Grand Alliance in Kosi
Renowned Bihari litterateur Phanishwar Nath Renu of 'Maila Aanchal' fame had unsuccessfully contested the Bihar assembly election in 1972, raising the issues of flood, drought and migration about which he also wrote in his famous book 'Teesri Kasam urf Mare Gaye Gulfam'.
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Ganga Reaches Danger Level Mark in Many Places in Bihar
As the water level of the Ganga and many other rivers reached the danger level mark at many places in Bihar, the Water Resources Department (WRD) today cautioned about floods in the state.
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Bihar Flood Threat Eases, 30,000 Villagers Told to Return Home
About 30,000 evacuated villagers in Bihar began returning home on Tuesday after the threat of floods due to a landslide in neighbouring Nepal eased, but 100,000 remained in relief camps, government officials said.
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Villagers Reluctant to Move out from Kosi Area
One of the major problems coming in the way of evacuation of people from Kosi area in view of threat of flood from Nepal is to convince people to move out.
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Flood Threat in Bihar Abates
The threat of devastating floods in the Kosi region of Bihar reduced today, after Nepal decided not to conduct any blast to clear the blockage at the mouth of Bhote Kosi, a tributary of Kosi river, caused by deadly landslide, officials said.
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Evacuations in Progress in Bihar, but Food and Tents Limited
Two days ago, Misrana Khatoon and her family, residents of Bihar's Ghuran village, made it to the eastern Kosi embankment in Supaul district. They are among the 70,000 people the Bihar government has evacuated in anticipation of a flood in the Kosi river.
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Video: Elephants Run Towards Cities, Villages For Shelter Amid Heavy Rain In Nepal
Amid torrential rains in the hilly terrain of Nepal's Sunsari district, the water level in the Kosi River is flowing above the danger mark, affecting the villages in the area.
-
Watch: Part Of School Building Collapses Into Kosi River In Bihar
Monsoon news and updates: Large tracts of Bihar have been inundated after continuous monsoon rain for the last few days. The latest weather bulletin has forecast more rain and "severe thunderstorm and lightning" in Bihar, parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal in next 12 hours.
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Number Of Deaths Due To Bihar Floods To Rises To 228
With six more deaths, the toll in Bihar floods today increased to 228 even as the flood situation eased with all major rivers except Punpun, Kosi and Kamlabalan, flowing below danger mark.
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Number Of Deaths In Bihar Flood Rises To 222
The number of deaths in Bihar floods today rose to 222 even as all major rivers, except Punpun and Kosi, were flowing below danger mark.
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40,000 Affected Due To Breach In Link Embankment In Bihar
Around 40,000 people of three dozen panchayats in Katihar district have been affected by a breach in Madheli link embankment due to heavy pressure of the swollen Ganga and Kosi rivers.
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Bihar Floods Force People Along Kosi To Eat Rats
At 9 in the morning Gauri Devi is waiting for her 15-year-old son to bring rats. That's the only food the family now depends on, being surrounded by flood water.
-
Flood Alert Issued For North Bihar Districts
Major rivers in Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati and the Ganga, are in spate following heavy rains in their upstream areas, posing a threat of floods, officials said on Monday.
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Rising Kosi Floods 50 Villages, Threatens Many Bihar Districts
The rain-swollen Kosi river has flooded about 50 villages in Supaul district of Bihar, forcing people to abandon their homes, and the river system is threatening hundreds of villages in over half a dozen districts, officials said.
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Disaster-Prone Kosi Basin In Bihar To Be Better Warned About Floods
It's an area prone to annual devastating floods but little empirical data about it was available to anticipate potential disasters and maintain resilient livelihoods for the millions of people inhabiting the area.
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Bihar Polls: Pappu Yadav May Queer Pitch for NDA and Grand Alliance in Kosi
Renowned Bihari litterateur Phanishwar Nath Renu of 'Maila Aanchal' fame had unsuccessfully contested the Bihar assembly election in 1972, raising the issues of flood, drought and migration about which he also wrote in his famous book 'Teesri Kasam urf Mare Gaye Gulfam'.
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Ganga Reaches Danger Level Mark in Many Places in Bihar
As the water level of the Ganga and many other rivers reached the danger level mark at many places in Bihar, the Water Resources Department (WRD) today cautioned about floods in the state.
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Bihar Flood Threat Eases, 30,000 Villagers Told to Return Home
About 30,000 evacuated villagers in Bihar began returning home on Tuesday after the threat of floods due to a landslide in neighbouring Nepal eased, but 100,000 remained in relief camps, government officials said.
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Villagers Reluctant to Move out from Kosi Area
One of the major problems coming in the way of evacuation of people from Kosi area in view of threat of flood from Nepal is to convince people to move out.
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Flood Threat in Bihar Abates
The threat of devastating floods in the Kosi region of Bihar reduced today, after Nepal decided not to conduct any blast to clear the blockage at the mouth of Bhote Kosi, a tributary of Kosi river, caused by deadly landslide, officials said.
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Evacuations in Progress in Bihar, but Food and Tents Limited
Two days ago, Misrana Khatoon and her family, residents of Bihar's Ghuran village, made it to the eastern Kosi embankment in Supaul district. They are among the 70,000 people the Bihar government has evacuated in anticipation of a flood in the Kosi river.
