ASHOBAA: rains in coastal Gujarat, Signal no. 2 on ports
June 08, 2015
Ahmedabad
Cyclonic Storm (ASHOBAA) over eastcentral Arabian Sea has brought rains in coastal Saurashtra, Kutch and north Gujarat today.
All ports of Saurashtra and Kutch are now having signal number 02. Fishermen are asked not to venture into the sea for next 48 hours. Fishing boats that are already in sea have been communicated by port authorities to return. Fishing port Jakhau has asked 24 boats to return.
Some of the places which witnessed showers today were Kaprada, Okha, Dwarka, Tapi district, Surat district, Amreli district, Jafrabad area among others. Overall 15 talukas of 6 districts in Gujarat received showers. Other parts of Gujarat including commercial capital Ahmedabad were mainly cloudy or partial sunny and humid.
According to IMD-Ahmedabad office, coastal Saurashtra and South Gujarat will receive heavy rainfall while north Gujarat and Kutch will get light to moderate rains at scattered places in next 24 hours.
ASHOBAA which is located 470 km southwest of Veraval at 5.30 pm IST moved towards north- northwest direction(in direction of Oman) according to the latest bulletin of IMD.
– DeshGujarat
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