More photos of Valsad flood today morning, situation is normalizing

Valsad, 12 July 2013

Presented here are more pictures of Valsad flood, contributed by our reader Hiren Sheth. Rescue teams are moved from Vadodara and Surat. NDRF team also has been moved to affected areas of Valsad. Coast Guards are put on alert. Some affected areas are experiencing power loss. There’s chaos on highways and rail traffic between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is completely disrupted.

The latest situation at 12.45 pm:

-Water level is lowering down, as rain is on halt for last two hours.
-Due to low tide, water is speedily meeting the sea.
-Half of Valsad experienced water logging.
-Power failure was experienced for about four hours in the morning. Power was restored afterwards.
-Leave was declared in all schools.
-Majority of stores in ready made cloths market suffered water logging.
-There was continuous rain during 12.00 midnight to 9.00 am. The speed of rain was low for only one hour between 8.00 am and 9.00 am.