In the monsoon of 2006, the city of Surat in Gujarat was completely flooded due to relentless raining. For four days, 90 percent of the city was completely submerged, with water going up as high as two stories in low-lying parts of the city! The deluge had marooned the entire Surat city and had claimed over 250 lives, in direct and indirect rain-related incidents, besides causing immense loss to property.

felt as if the sky had been torn asunder. Within seconds, a massive wall of water gushed towards Kedarnath Temple. Huge boulders flung into the sky like an explosion. In less than 15 minutes, thousands of people were swept away,” he recalls lying at the Rudraprayag district hospital. Singh was on the Char Dham yatra with 17 people from his hometown Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. .

The Disaster Management Division (DMD) in India reported on 11 August that flooding has affected over 250,000 people in the eastern state of Bihar over the last few days. Seven rivers in the state, including the Ganges, are above the danger mark in 15 locations..