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Fresh spell of heavy rains hit normal life in Bihar

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Sep 12 2016 | 7:28 PM IST
A fresh spell of heavy rains today led to water logging in a few parts of Bihar even as the weatherman warned of more rains tomorrow.
Heavy showers pounded Patna, hitting normal life as many areas remained under knee-deep water.
The city guaged 133.8 mm of rains. Water logging in many areas forced closure of several schools, the MeT office said.
Very heavy rains were witnessed at one or two places in the state. Extremely heavy rainfall was reported from a few places in Muzaffarpur district.
Bhagalpur got 65 mm of rains till 5:30 PM, Purnea 39 mm, Patna 1.8 mm and Gaya 0.8 mm.
The precipitation brought the maximum temperature down by a few notches in Patna and elsewhere, but fed humidity that soared to 100 per cent in Purnea and 98per cent in the capital city.
The weatherman has predicted one or two spells of rains or thundershowers in Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea tomorrow.

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First Published: Sep 12 2016 | 7:28 PM IST

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