Satish Aditya
Patna : Lightning killed 24 persons including four women and injured 17 others in five districts of North Bihar on June 25, 2020. Lightning struck them when they were engaged in transplanting paddy seedlings on agricultural land. Most of the victims were farmers and agriculture labourers. Thirteen deaths were reported from Gopalganj district, according to Disaster Management Department sources.
SDM Sadar, Gopalganj, Upendra Pal, said that 13 persons were killed in lightning in Barauli, Majha, Vijayipur, Uchakagaon, and Kateya while 12 persons were injured. Five persons were killed in Siwan, three including 2 women in East Champaran, two persons (wife and husband) were killed at village Belaha in Madhubani district, while one person was killed in Darbhanga district. An Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) official at Patna said that the incidents lightning strike in state increase during June -September and advised the people to not take shelter under isolated tree during thunder shower.
Heavy rains in last 12 hours on June 25, 2020, in East and West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, and Darbhanga districts and in the catchment areas in Nepal has given a push to the rising trends in rivers like Bagamati, Lalbakeya, Burhi Gandak ,Gandak, Lakhandei, Adhwara Group rivers, Masan, and other hilly rivers in north Biha. Many areas of
Bagaha Sub-Division in West Champaran and Gopalganj District have been inundated as water of swollen Gandak river has entered villages located between two embankments.