Overcrowded boats ferry diara flood survivors
Residents and livestock crammed onto overcrowded boats to escape the flooded diara area near Patna after the Ganga river swelled on 22 August 2026, according to NationPress visuals from the site.
Residents and livestock crammed onto overcrowded boats to escape the flooded diara area near Patna after the Ganga river swelled on 22 August 2026, according to NationPress visuals from the site.
Flood survivors waded through knee-deep waters carrying their belongings after disembarking from boats that ferried them out of the flooded diara area of Patna, Bihar on 22 August 2026.
Families boarded and disembarked from boats with their possessions as they evacuated the diara lowlands of Patna following a surge in the Ganga river's water level on 22 August 2026.
Residents of the diara area waded through floodwaters with their belongings as rescue boats arrived from the inundated zone after the Ganga river rose sharply in Patna, Bihar on 22 August 2026.
Villagers waded through Ganga floodwaters leading buffaloes to safety after the diara area of Patna, Bihar was inundated on 22 August 2026, with livestock rescue forming a key part of the emergency response.
Displaced residents carried household belongings on their heads and shoulders as they waded out of the flooded diara area in Patna, Bihar after the Ganga river level rose on 22 August 2026.
The exodus from the diara belt continued on 22 August 2026 as more Patna residents waded through rising Ganga floodwaters, clutching their belongings, in scenes that underscored the scale of the monsoon inundation.
Villagers guided buffaloes through chest-deep Ganga floodwaters as they evacuated the diara area of Patna, Bihar on 22 August 2026, with the rising river leaving little dry ground in the low-lying zone.
Flood survivors from the diara area balanced bundles of belongings on their heads while wading through Ganga floodwaters in Patna, Bihar on 22 August 2026, a recurring sight during the region's annual monsoon inundation.
A man balanced a heavy sack on his head while wading through Ganga floodwaters after evacuating the diara area of Patna, Bihar on 22 August 2026, capturing the human cost of the river's seasonal rise.