Over seven inches of downpour in Rapar, rain gods welcome PM Modi in Rajkot

Ahmedabad: Heavy rain lashed Kutch, parts of Saurashtra and North Gujarat with Rapar in Kutch witnessing a downpour of over 7 inches today even as similar warning has been issued by met department for next 24 hours.

Rajkot city where PM Narendra Modi attended several function also saw over 3 inches of rain.

Banaskantha, Mahesana, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad , Gir-Somnath and several other places also saw over one inch of rain today. Light to moderate rain have also been reported from many other places. More rains was likely during the night. Notably, all the 33 districts witnessed rain yesterday in a total of 165 talukas with Danta in Banaskantha district recording maximum of around 4 and a half inches. The total rain percentage this monsoon in Gujarat has reached crossed 14% mark today. Rain scanty Kutch was also witnessing good rains and some of the ponds have overflown in just two days of rain.

Temperatures across the state has further gone down with maximum recorded at 36°C at Amreli. Ahmedabad city with several rounds of drizzles in various parts amid high humidity (maximum 92%) saw a maximum temperature of 33°C, around 4°C below normal.

Meanwhile, a father and son died as the lightening struck them during rain in Dhekvadi village in Bhabhar taluka of Banskantha district in North Gujarat today while they were grazing cattle.

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