Surat: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange and yellow alert for some districts in Gujarat that are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next seven days, until July 1st.

According to the IMD bulletin, for the next 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rain is very likely at isolated places in Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, and in Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Rajkot, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, and Diu. An orange alert has been issued for these locations.

Additionally, a yellow alert has been issued for Patan, Mehsana, Aravalli, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhotaudepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Dangs, Tapi, Surendranagar, Jamnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, Botad, and Kutch.

Forecast for June 26

An orange alert for heavy to very heavy rain is in place for Banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Navsari, Valsad, and in Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Rajkot, Junagadh, and Kutch.

A yellow alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Chhotaudepur, Narmada, Surat, Dangs, Tapi, Surendranagar, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Botad, and Diu.

Forecast for June 27

An orange alert is in place for Banaskantha, Patan, Jamnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, and Kutch.
A yellow alert has been issued for Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Navsari, Valsad, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Botad, and Diu.

Forecast for June 28 & 29

Navsari, Valsad, Daman, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli may receive very heavy rain, along with heavy downpours in Chhotaudepur, Narmada, Dangs, Tapi, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Kutch, and Diu.

Forecast for June 30

Dangs might also receive very heavy rain, along with Navsari, Valsad, Daman, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Meanwhile, Dahod, Mahisagar, Chhotaudepur, Narmada, Surat, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath, Kutch, and Diu are likely to experience heavy rain.

Forecast for July 1

An orange alert has been issued for Dahod, Mahisagar, and Chhotaudepur due to the likelihood of very heavy rain.
A yellow alert has been issued for Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Panchmahal, Narmada, Surat, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Amreli, Bhavnagar, and Kutch.

The IMD also stated that yesterday’s trough now extends from the northeast Arabian Sea to the low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal. The trough runs across south Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, extending between 1.5 km and 7.6 km above mean sea level. DeshGujarat