Rain lashes 32 districts, Surat had highest downpour of 10 inches

Ahmedabad

The ongoing spell of monsoon rains in Gujarat lashed 188 talukas of 32 districts during the last 24 hours with Surat city registering the maximum downpour of around 10 inches.

Visavadar taluka of Junagarh district stood close second with around 9.5 inches of rain. Mahua in Bhavnagar, Hansot in Bharuch, Bagasara in Amreli, Kalawad in Jamnagar also experienced 3 to 4 inches of rain.

The rain is likely to continue in many areas for two more days, the met center here said today adding that Ahmedabad has recorded almost one inch of rain. The unusually hot and humid weather in many parts of the state a few days ago has completely vanished with temperature dipping by 3 to 5 degrees giving a feel of onset of winter.

On the other hand the total monsoon rainfall figure crossed 77 percent mark today. Kutch (125.22) and North Gujarat (111.67) has already crossed 100 percent mainly owing to the extremely heavy rains in July this year. Saurashtra region has reached 81.57 percent, East Central Gujarat 56.58 ( lowest) and South Gujarat 64 percent with the latest spell.