Met in latest rainfall warning suggests fishermen to not to venture in to sea off and along South Gujarat coast

Gandhinagar:

The Met department has issued its latest heavy rainfall warning in which it has suggested fishermen to not to venture in to the sea off and along South Gujarat coast today and day after tomorrow.

The detailed rain warning is as following –

August 29 – Heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely in the districts of Gujarat region namely, Valsad, Navsari, Surat, 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 Dang, Bharuch, Vadodara, Narmada, Chota Udaipur, Anand, Kheda, Panchmehal, Dahod, Ahmedabad; heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely in the districts of Saurashtra namely, Rajkot, Amreli, Junagadh, Porbandar, Bhavnagar and in Diu; heavy to very heavy rain very likely at a few places in the districts of Saurashtra namely Morbi, Surendranagar, Botad, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gir Somnath

August 30 – Heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely in the districts of Gujarat region namely, Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch 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, Vadodara, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Gandinagar, Dang and Tapi; heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Rajkot, Porbandar, Amreli, Junagadh, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Kutch; Heavy to very heavy rain very likely at a few places in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Jamnagar, Morbi, Surendranagar, Gir Somnath, Botad, Bhavnagar and in Diu.

August 31- Heavy to very heavy rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Valsad, Navsari, and in Daman Dadra Nagar Haveli; heavy to very heavy rain very likely in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Junagadh, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Kutch, Morbi.

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

Port Warning: Due to active monsoon condition, Squally weather is very likely to prevail near the ports along south Gujarat coast. Sea condition will be moderate to rough along and off South Gujarat coast during 29th to 30 th August.

Fishermen warning: Fishermen are advised not to venture into the Sea along & off south Gujarat coast during 29th to 30 th August 2017.

In the last 24 hours 205 talukas of 32 districts of Gujarat have seen rainfall of which the maximum 391 inches was in Vapi of Valsad. Today the monsoon seems more rigorous in Saurashtra till afternoon. Botad had seen over 3 inches of rain by 2 pm.

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