Extremely heavy down pour spell in South and Central Gujarat, Umerpada sees highest 24 hours figure of this monsoon at 587 mm

Gandhinagar: Extremely heavy downpour took place in several parts of South and central Gujarat during last 24 hours ending 6 am today and Umerpada taluka in Surat district has seen all time high rain figures of this season with 587 mm even as spells of heavy rain were continuing in Southern parts of the state this morning as well.

Umerpada had in last 2 days seen almost 1000 mm of rain (999mm to be precise ).

The total rain percentage of this season in the state has crossed 62% mark today.

Between 6 am to 10 am today 49 talukas have seen rain with Vansada in Navsari district seeing maximum 207mm, followed by Wagahi (200mm) in Dangs district. Ahwa in the same district has seen 93 mm or rain while Tapi in Dolvan 43 mm.

During the last 24 hours 170 talukas of 30 districts had seen rain with maximum 587mm in Umerpada of Surat where during earlier 24 hours 416 mm of rain had poured.
Among other prominent rain receiver talukas during last 24 hours were Mangrol in Surat 451mm, Kaprada in Valsad 363mm, Hansot in Bharuch 351mm, Dediapada in Narmada 318mm, Valia 203mm, Mandvi in Surat 202 mm, Quant in Chhota Udepur 201mm, Subir in Dangs 187 mm and Songarh in Tapi 185 mm.

Met has predicted more rain today and the day after.

Due to heavy spells of rain various rivers in central and Southern region including Kim, Mindhola, Purna, Auranga, Par, Kaveri, Auranga, Vishamitri, Dhadhar etc were continuing to flow near or above danger marks. Various dams including all important Sardar Sarovar Naramada dam has also seen considerable rise in water level.

Water has entered in several residential areas and also other low lying area and roads and causeways have also been flooded causing difficulty to the residents. Over 50 people have been air lifted by Army and hundreds of people in Olpad, rural Vadodara, Umerpada, rural Valsad and Navsari have been shifted from the low lying water logged areas by NDRF and other constituency. Agencies including NDRF were continuing to involve in rescue and relief work in several areas.

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