Ahmedabad: The monsoon has become active in the state of Gujarat, and with the cyclonic circulation over the northeast Arabian Sea adjoining Gujarat between 4.5 and 5.8 km above mean sea level, the state is likely to experience more heavy rainfall. The Indian Meteorological Department’s latest forecast has issued an orange alert for parts of the state for the coming weekend.

According to the IMD’s latest bulletin, several districts in Gujarat are expected to receive very heavy rainfall exceeding 8 inches from August 24th to August 28th.

On August 22nd, the IMD issued a yellow warning for Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and in Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli, as heavy rains are very likely in these areas.

On August 23rd, a yellow warning for likely heavy rains will remain in effect for Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and in Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli.

On August 24th, an orange alert is in place, predicting heavy to very heavy rains in a few places, with isolated extremely heavy falls likely in Vadodara and Chhota Udepur. Very heavy rains are also predicted in Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and in Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli.

Meanwhile, a yellow warning of heavy rain is in effect for Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Mahisagar, Surendranagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Botad, and in Diu.

On August 25th, an orange alert is in place for districts including Panchmahal, Chhota Udaipur, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Kheda, Anand, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Narmada, and Bharuch, as very to extremely heavy rains are likely in these areas.

A yellow warning of heavy rain has been issued for Patan, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Botad, and in Diu.

On August 26th, an orange alert is in place for Narmada, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, and in Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli, Surendranagar, Amreli, and Botad.

Heavy rains are very likely in isolated places in Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Kheda, Mahisagar, Rajkot, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, and in Diu, thus the yellow warning is in effect for these districts.

On July 27th, an orange alert is in place in Surendranagar and Botad, Patan, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Anand, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, and Kutch, as they may experience heavy to very heavy rains with isolated extremely heavy falls.

Meanwhile, a yellow warning has been issued for Banaskantha, Mehsana, Kheda, Vadodara, and Bharuch, as well as the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch, namely Porbandar, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, and in Diu.

On July 28th, an orange alert for likely heavy to very heavy rains is issued for Surendranagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, and Botad. A yellow warning of heavy rains is in place in Patan, Ahmedabad, Anand, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Kutch, and in Diu. DeshGujarat