Moderate to heavy rainfall likely in 10 districts today
The districts to witness rainfall are: West Champaran, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Purnia, Katihar, Madhepura, Saharsa and Gaya.
The weather department has also issued a warning of thunderstorms and lightning activity for all the districts of the state on Tuesday.
"Thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds, blowing at the speed of 30-40 km per hour, are expected at some places in the northern districts of the state and at one or two places in the southern districts," the bulletin said.
In Patna, water level of Ganga is slowly receding, but remains above the danger mark.
The water level at Maner was recorded at 52.72 metres on Tuesday morning, a drop of 13 cm from Sunday. At other key points, the water level has also slightly decreased: 10 cm below the previous day at Digha Ghat, 8 cm at Gandhi Ghat, and 3 cm at Hathidah.
The forecast for northern districts remains consistent, with moderate to heavy showers expected to continue until Wednesday.
On the other hand, despite the rain, no significant change in temperatures has been forecast for the next three to four days, with maximums expected to range between 30 and 32 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. Southern districts may see temperatures climb slightly higher, to 32-34 degrees Celsius, on Wednesday.
On Monday, an orange alert of thunderstorms and rainfall was issued for some parts of Patna, Vaishali, Jehanabad, Purnia, Saharsa and Darbhanga.
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