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|name = 2004 Bihar flood
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|total damages = ₹1,03,049.60 [[Indian rupee|INR]] (Approx. $1875.5 [[US Dollar|USD]])
|total fatalities = 885 human and 3272 animals
|areas affected = [[Bihar]]
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The '''2004 Bihar flood''' was one of the worst floods in [[Bihar]], [[India]] in a decade. 885 people and 3272 animals had lost their lives and nearly 21.299 million human were affected. 20 districts of [[Bihar]] were affected.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://disastermgmt.bih.nic.in/Statitics/Statistics.htm | title=Loss of Public Property | access-date=2008-11-27 | archive-date=2008-10-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019015932/http://disastermgmt.bih.nic.in/Statitics/Statistics.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://disastermgmt.bih.nic.in | title=Disaster Management}}</ref> An alarming rise in water level due to heavy rains inundated fresh areas in [[Bhagalpur district]], [[Begusarai district]], [[Katihar district]], [[Darbhanga district]], [[Samastipur district]] and [[Khagaria district]]. According to the Central Water Commission [[Bagmati]], [[Budhi Gandak]], [[Kamla Balan]], [[Adhwara]], [[Kosi river|Kosi]] and [[Mahananda River |Mahananda]] rivers were flowing above the red mark at various places, while the [[Ganges]] crossed the danger mark for the first time at [[Farakka Barrage]].

==See also==
*[[2008 Bihar flood]]
*[[2008 Indian floods]]
*[[Koshi River]]
*[[Floods in Bihar]]
*[[2007 Bihar flood]]

==References and footnotes==
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