Articles tagged under: Monsoon 2024

Widespread rain across Gujarat up to 2 inches; Surat tops the chart

June 28, 2024
Widespread rain across Gujarat up to 2 inches; Surat tops the chart

Surat: The monsoon is very active over Gujarat, with heavy rainfall being reported from several areas in the state. As of 4 pm today, a total of 100 talukas have received rain showers. Heavy rain was predicted in parts of South Gujarat, and the prediction seems to be coming true as Palsana taluka in Surat has topped the rainfall chart today with over 2 inches of rain. According to the state emergency operation center, Palsana in Surat and Khergam in the adjoining district of Navsari have r...Read More

Orange alert in South Gujarat today; IMD issues heavy rain warning until July 2nd

June 28, 2024
Orange alert in South Gujarat today; IMD issues heavy rain warning until July 2nd

Gandhinagar: The Southwest Monsoon 2024 covered the entire state of Gujarat on Thursday with very heavy rainfall in many places. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its latest forecast has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in some districts of the state today and on July 1, issuing an orange alert for these areas. According to the IMD Bulletin, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, and Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli are under an orange alert today with warnings of heavy to very heavy ra...Read More

Orange alert for these parts of Gujarat; IMD predicts very heavy rain

June 27, 2024
Orange alert for these parts of Gujarat; IMD predicts very heavy rain

Gandhinagar: The monsoon has today covered the whole state of Gujarat. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its latest forecast has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in some districts of the state until June 28th and has issued an orange alert in these parts. As per the IMD's latest bulletin, districts namely Bharuch, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Morbi, Dwarka, and Gir Somnath are under an orange alert with the likelihood of heavy (64.5-115.5 m...Read More

Southwest Monsoon 2024 now covers the entire state of Gujarat

June 27, 2024
Southwest Monsoon 2024 now covers the entire state of Gujarat

Gandhinagar: The Southwest Monsoon 2024 has covered the entire state of Gujarat today. The monsoon this year took around 17 days to cover the entire state. The monsoon, which made its onset in Navsari on June 10th, remained stagnant there for over 10 days. However, with the occurrence of favorable conditions such as cyclonic circulation over Gujarat, the Southwest Monsoon covered the entire South Gujarat last Saturday and then progressed rapidly to cover Central Gujarat and the entire Saurash...Read More

Kodinar in Saurashtra gets 3 inches of rain in 4 hours; 66 talukas witness rainfall today

June 26, 2024
Kodinar in Saurashtra gets 3 inches of rain in 4 hours; 66 talukas witness rainfall today

Kodinar: After an early and slow onset of the monsoon, the state of Gujarat has been receiving rain since the week began. According to the State Emergency Operation Center in Gandhinagar, 66 talukas in Gujarat received rain from 6 am to 6 pm today, with Kodinar in Saurashtra getting the highest rainfall of 3 inches in 4 hours between 12 pm and 4 pm. Meanwhile, 15 talukas received over an inch of rain. Gir Somnath, Junagadh, Rajkot, Morbi, and Banaskantha were the top and only 5 districts t...Read More

Which places in Gujarat are likely to get heavy rain during June 26-30? Here’s IMD forecast

June 26, 2024
Which places in Gujarat are likely to get heavy rain during June 26-30? Here’s IMD forecast

Gandhinagar: The monsoon is progressing to cover the entire state of Gujarat and will do so in the next 2-3 days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its latest forecast has predicted light to moderate rain across the entire state, while heavy rainfall is likely in some districts during the period from June 26th to June 30th. Here are the places that are likely to get heavy rain during the 5 days: June 26th: Heavy rains at isolated places are very likely in the districts of Gujara...Read More

Southwest Monsoon 2024 covers over half of Gujarat; to advance further in 3-4 days

June 26, 2024
Southwest Monsoon 2024 covers over half of Gujarat; to advance further in 3-4 days

Gandhinagar: The Southwest Monsoon 2024 has moved further in Gujarat, covering the whole of South Gujarat, Central Gujarat, and the Saurashtra region of the state. As per the IMD, the Northern Limit of Monsoon passes through Mundra and Mahesana in Gujarat. Given the favorable conditions, this year's monsoon will cover the whole state in the next 3-4 days. The monsoon, which made its onset on June 10th in Navsari, was stagnant there for over 10 days. However, with the occurrence of favorable c...Read More

IMD predicts heavy rain in Gujarat till 29th June; Orange alert in 2 districts

June 25, 2024
IMD predicts heavy rain in Gujarat till 29th June; Orange alert in 2 districts

Vadodara: Monday brought a huge relief to several districts of Gujarat as rainfall occurred in many parts of these districts. Very heavy rainfall was reported in Kheda district, while heavy rains lashed Ahmedabad, Panchmahal, Gandhinagar, Anand, Surendranagar, and Jamnagar. With the monsoon active and likely to advance further in Gujarat over the next three to four days, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rain warning for parts of Gujarat for the next five days, until Jun...Read More

3 BRTS electric buses caught in fire in Ahmedabad

June 25, 2024
3 BRTS electric buses caught in fire in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Three buses of the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) that run on the Janmarg Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) caught fire on Monday night. The buses were all electric. They caught fire during rainfall. The incident took place at the Jadeshwar bus depot in Vastral, operated by the private operator JBM. While one bus caught fire presumably due to a short circuit, the fire spread to two adjacent buses parked nearby. JBM's expert team from Mumbai will visit the spot. Since the bu...Read More

Gujarat completes nearly 5 percent rainfall of average Monsoon season

June 25, 2024
Gujarat completes nearly 5 percent rainfall of average Monsoon season

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has completed nearly 5 percent rainfall of average monsoon season so far in ongoing monsoon season. The State has as of 8 am today(25 June) received 4.82 percent rainfall. Region wise details are presented in the image attached with this post. DeshGujaratRead More