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Heavy Rain Inundated Areas in Part of Bihar State For official use Heavy Rain Inundated areas in part of Bihar State DISASTER EVENT ID: 05-FLD-2021-BR MAP ID: 2021/02 Based on the analysis of Sentinel-1A SAR Image of 20-June-2021 Date of Issue : 20.06.2021 Location Map About the Event Heavy rains are reported in Nepal during third week of June 2021 and caused steady rise in water levels in parts of Bihar state. According to reports, River Gandak at Dumariaghat,Rewaghat & Lalganj and Burhi Gandak at Chanpatia were reported to be flowing above danger 84°0'0"E level. (Source:News Media, FMISC) West Champaran N " N N 0 ' " " 0 0 0 ' ' ° 0 0 7 ° ° 2 7 7 2 2 Chanpatia Satellite Observations 85°0'0"E This map highlights the inundated areas due to heavy rains in Sonbarsa 3 districts of Bihar State as on 20 th June 2021. Si hi rin a N ad i-- > Dheng Bridge Lalbagiaghat Satellite data used Post Flood East Champaran Sitamarhi Pre Flood: Sentinel-1 SAR Satellite: ResourceSat-2 G 20-June-2021 (0600 hrs) an d Ahirwalia a Chatia Sensor: AWiFS k R iv er Date of Pass: 05-Feb-2021 .-- > Sheohar 84°0'0"E Gopalganj Madhubani Other data used Saulighat NRC Landuse/Landcover Data of 2019-20 Bh ud Background Data:Shaded Relief i G an da k R Legend iv er --> Airport Normal River/Water Bodies Darbhanga District HQ River Bank Siwan BenibadBenibad State boundary Area Covered by Satellite Muzaffurpur District boundary Flood Inundation Sikandarpur Ekmighat Road cum Embankment Darauli Major Roads Hayaghat Other Roads N " 0 ' N " 0 ° 0 ' 6 Railway 0 2 Rewaghat ° 6 2 CWC River Guage- Severe Flood Situation Gangpur Siswan CWC River Guage- Normal Flood Situation Saran Samastipur 0 5 10 20 30 KM Chhapra This product is prepared on rapid mapping mode for immediate use Vaishali Samastipur and sharing amongst official agencies. This provides preliminary results. G an Hajipur ga Flood inundation may include rain water accumulation / flood water in low R Maner . Digha Ghat --> lying areas. Gandhi Ghat Districts with inundation less than 1000 ha are not included in the statistics Koelwar Begusarai All geographic information has limitations due to the scale, resolution, date Sripalpur Buxar and interpretation of the original source materials. Bhojpur Patna No ground verification is done. RRES National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO Dept. of Space, Govt. of India Nalanda Bhabua Hyderabad- 500 037 E-Mail: [email protected] Note: When publRisohhintags this map as part of any report, source may be indicated as " NRSC (2021) - Heavy Rain Inundated areas Lakhisarai nrsc in Part of Bihar State (as on 20 June 20J2a1h)"a ndaabtaedd 20.06.2021 Map no : 2021/02, NRSC/ISRO, Hyderabad www.nrsc.gov.in Jahanabad Sheikhpura 84°0'0"E 85°0'0"E.
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