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<\/picture><\/div>\nContinuous monsoon rain has worsened the flood situation across several states, with rivers swelling and large populations affected in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Heavy rain is also forecast in parts of Madhya Pradesh, while Himachal Pradesh has reported major monsoon-related losses.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n 26 UP districts affected by floods<\/strong><\/p>\n Continuous rainfall in Uttar Pradesh has caused several rivers to swell, affecting 26 districts. Around 4 lakh people have been impacted by the floods.<\/p>\n Rain was recorded in 50 districts of the state over the past 24 hours. Varanasi received the highest rainfall at 16.9 mm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Meteorological Department has issued a rain alert for 19 districts in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, raising concerns of further deterioration in flood-affected areas.<\/p>\n Heavy rain alert for 15 MP districts<\/strong><\/p>\n Several parts of Madhya Pradesh are receiving rainfall after an active monsoon system became stronger following a break.<\/p>\n The Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rain alert for 15 districts, including Ujjain, Dhar, Barwani and Khargone.<\/p>\n Authorities have advised people in vulnerable areas to remain alert as rainfall could increase water levels in rivers and low-lying areas.<\/p>\n 44 lakh people affected by floods in Bihar<\/strong><\/p>\n The flood situation in Bihar remains serious. Around 44 lakh people across 2,360 villages in 14 districts are surrounded by floodwaters.<\/p>\n Eight rivers in the state are currently flowing above their respective danger marks, increasing the risk of further flooding in low-lying areas.<\/p>\n Himachal Pradesh reports \u20b91,662 crore losses<\/strong><\/p>\n Himachal Pradesh has suffered losses of \u20b91,661.97 crore during the 2026 monsoon season.<\/p>\n A total of 296 people have died and 520 others have been injured during the monsoon period. The state has witnessed significant damage due to heavy rainfall and related incidents.<\/p>\n See the status of monsoon clouds on the satellite map<\/strong><\/span> Weather images from across the country<\/strong><\/span> In Rajasthan’s Dungarpur, water began flowing onto the roads after 30 minutes of rain.<\/span><\/p>\n People in Begusarai protested against waterlogging by cutting a ribbon and cake.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuous monsoon rain has worsened the flood situation across several states, with rivers swelling and large populations affected in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Heavy rain is also forecast in parts of Madhya Pradesh, while Himachal Pradesh has reported major monsoon-related losses. 26 UP districts affected by floods Continuous rainfall in Uttar Pradesh has caused several…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27074,22695,22099,32107,20957,36389,36390,30247],"class_list":["post-37514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-bihar-flood","tag-flood-situation","tag-heavy-rainfall","tag-mandakini-river","tag-monsoon-2026","tag-mp-flood-alert","tag-up-monsoon-rain","tag-weather-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/521\/2026\/09\/12\/satellite_services_map_1789231460367.gif\")
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