Photos: Heavy Floods Wreak Havoc Across India; Bihar, UP Worst Hit

More than 4,000 people, including women and children, were rescued from the flood-affected areas of Patna.

(Photo: AP)

Incessant and heavy rainfall over the past few days has brought life in various states across India to a standstill. Among others, the states of Kerala, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the worst affected.

Here’s a look at how floods have crippled life in various parts of India.

A man looks out of a bus partially submerged in floodwater following heavy rainfall, in Patna, Bihar. 

The weather department has forecast a long delayed withdrawal of Monsoons and more rains for Patna, where several areas still remain submerged due to heavy rainfall over the past three days.

Flood-affected residents look on from their home at Bahadurpur area, in Patna.

According to the state disaster management department, a total of 14 districts have been hit by flood-like situation caused by torrential rainfall in the past few days, most of these situated along the Ganga.

An elderly person being rescued from a flood-affected colony at Rajendra Nagar in Patna.

The flood hit states saw heavy deployment of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams. More than 4,000 people, including women and children, were rescued from the flood-affected areas of Patna on Monday, 30 September, the NDRF said.

NDRF workers rescue people from flood-affected Rajendra Nagar area after heavy rains, in Patna.

Relief material was also distributed by NDRF and SDRF personnel who were reaching out to people marooned inside their homes, helping in relocation of those who so desired, and delivering packets of food, medicines and packaged drinking water to them.

A sick person being rescued from a flooded area following heavy rainfall in Patna.

Pedestrians wade across a waterlogged street following monsoon rainfall, in Kolkata.

A cyclonic circulation over Uttar Pradesh, which is approaching Bihar and Jharkhand, is likely to trigger more rain in Kolkata.

In Uttar Pradesh alone, 104 people have died in rain-related incidents as the death toll across the country mounted to 148.

A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, takes shelter from the rain under a cart in Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh.

Boys stand by an autorickshaw in a flooded street in Prayagraj, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. 

Sandhaya Kureel, a spokeswoman of the Disaster Management and Relief Department, said most of the fatalities were caused by house collapses, lightning and drowning in Uttar Pradesh state.

Residents ride a municipality earth-mover through a flooded street following heavy monsoon rain, in Patna

Relatives carry a dead body for cremation across a waterlogged street following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Patna.

Houses were inundated with flood water in Patna, causing great trouble to the residents who helped each other to evacuate the area.

An uprooted tree damages a three-wheeler vehicle after its collapse due to monsoon rainfall, in Patna.