Met further intensifies rain warning, elongates it till September 1

Gandhinagar:

The met department has futher intensified its rainfall warning for Gujarat and elongated it till September one even as over 100 talukas saw rain till 4pm today with Bhavnagar city recording maximum 107mm and Olpad in Surat getting 93 mm till 4 pm today.

The rainfall percentage figure for Gujarat this season has crossed 95% mark by this afternoon and was in all likelihood cross 100% mark in the next two to three days during the current spell. Around 50 villages in Central Gujarat has been alerted after release of around 60 thousand cusec of water in Mahi river from Wanakbori dam in Kheda district.

According to the information received from the State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC), the top raining talukas till 4 pm today were Bhavnagar city (107mm), Olpad (93mm), Jalalpore in Navsari (78mm), Netrang in Bharuch (73mm), Ghogha in Bhavnagar (70mm), Ankaleshwar in Bharuch (67mm), Mangrol in Surat (67mm), Bhiloda in Aravalli (66mm) and Surat city (65mm). The met has predicted more spells of heavy to very heavy rainfall during the night today. Dascroi in Ahmedabad also saw 22 mm of rain.

The latest met warning issued at 4 pm today in which the heavy downpour forecast for August 30 has been further intensified was as following –

August 28 (today)- Heavy to very heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Valsad, Navsari, Dang, Surat, Tapi, Dahod, Bharuch, Narmada, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravali and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli; heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra namely Bhavnagar and Amreli.

August 29- Heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely in the districts of south Gujarat region namely, Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Dang, Tapi and in Daman and Dadra nagar Haveli; heavy to very heavy rain very likely at a few places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Narmada, Chota Udaipur, Anand, Kheda, Panchmehal, Dahod, Ahmdabad; heavy to very heavy rain at a isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra namely Botad, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Gir Somnath, Rajkot, and in Diu.

August 30- Heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely in the districts of south Gujarat region namely, Valsad, Navsari, Surat, and in Daman and Dadra nagar Haveli; heavy to very heavy rain very likely at a few places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Narmada, Dang, Tapi, Chota Udaipur, Anand, Kheda, Panchmehal, Dahod, Ahmdabad; heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy falls at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra namely Gir Somnath,Diu, Junagarh, Porbandar, Devbhoomi Dwarka; Heavy to very heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra-
Kutch namely Jamnagar, Rajkot, Amreli, Kutch.

August 31- Heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Bharuch, Anand, Baroda; heavy to very heavy rain very likely in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Junagarh, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Kutch.

September 1- Heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the kutch district.

SEOC today said that all the concerned districts have been alerted and the relief and rescue system including the NDRF and SDRF teams has been put in state of preparedness to deal with any situation caused by heavy downpour.

Notably, many areas in the central Gujarat had received good amount of rain in yesterday also of which Sakedha in Chhota Udepur has received 130 mm while Halol in Panchmahal has got 137 mm of rain. In all 141 talukas of 26 districts had seen rain in last 24 hours ending at 8 am today of which the maximum of 167mm was recorded in Tilakwada of Narmada district. Many rivers in central Gujarat including Dhadhar and Ashwin have surged dangerously owing to rain. Overflowing Dhadhar has caused floods in several villages in Dabhoi taluka of Vadodara.

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