When the water is still in the house

When the rivers rise we print the map.

A flooded town and a bridge at sunset, titled Bihar Floods 2026. — Bihar floods, 2026.

A town, a bridge, the water still in the streets.

A map of rivers in Bihar. Ganga and Kosi are marked above the danger line. Gandak, Bagmati, Burhi Gandak, and Ghaghra are marked above warning. — Ganga and Kosi above the danger line.

One sheet put the Ganga and the Kosi above the danger line. Gandak, Bagmati, Burhi Gandak, and the Ghaghra sat above warning.

The Ganga in flood beneath a long bridge. Sultanganj and Kahalgaon are marked above the danger line. Patna is marked above warning. — Sultanganj and Kahalgaon above the danger line. Patna above warning.

The next sheet named the stations. The Ganga above the danger line at Sultanganj and Kahalgaon. Patna, and the stations around it, above warning.

People in a boat move through a flooded neighbourhood. The sheet says 43 lakh and more people were affected across 14 districts, and it names Patna, Vaishali, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, and Supaul. — The sheet names Patna, Vaishali, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, and Supaul.

Then the districts. The sheet named Patna, Vaishali, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, and Supaul. It put the count at 43 lakh and more, across 14 districts, in the September flood.

Rows of tents in a relief camp beside floodwater. The sheet says camps in Bhagalpur were still housing families who lost homes and belongings. — Relief camps in Bhagalpur.

The last sheet is the part that stays when the level falls. Relief camps in Bhagalpur, still housing families who lost homes and belongings.

The water leaves. Standing with people does not.

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