Sky-borne disaster continues to wreak havoc in Gujarat, 7 dead; 6000 people displaced, IMD issues red alert – hindustannewshub.com

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that deep pressure is still present over Gujarat. Due to this, heavy rains are expected in many areas of the state for the next two days. The IMD has issued a red alert in the state till August 29. The department has said that during this period the winds will blow at high speed and there will be torrential rains. In the latest bulletin, the IMD has said that the deep pressure is moving slowly towards the west-southwest direction in the Gujarat region, which is likely to reach Saurashtra, Kutch coast and areas around Pakistan and the northeastern Arabian Sea by the morning of August 29.

Due to this weather condition, heavy rains have been falling in various parts of Gujarat for the last three days. People are facing a lot of problems due to waterlogging in many cities. At least seven people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents across the state, while about six thousand people have had to take shelter in other places. Officials said that heavy rains continued for the third consecutive day in Gujarat on Tuesday, due to which normal life got disrupted and low-lying areas got flooded. They said that more than six thousand people have been shifted to safer places in view of the rising water level of dams and rivers due to continuous rain.

According to officials, seven people died on Monday in rain-related incidents in different parts of the state. They said four people died in wall collapse incidents in Gandhinagar, Kheda and Vadodara districts, while one person died due to falling of a tree in Anand district and two others died due to drowning in rainwater. According to officials, the administration of Panchmahal, Navsari, Valsad, Vadodara, Bharuch, Kheda, Gandhinagar, Botad and Aravalli districts have shifted hundreds of people to safer places as a precautionary measure amid rising water level in rivers and dams and flooding in low-lying areas.

He said that in Panchmahal, the district administration has shifted about two thousand people to safer places, while this figure is 1,200 in Navsari, 1,000 in Vadodara and 800 in Valsad. According to the data shared by the State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC), Gujarat has received almost 100 percent of its average annual rainfall so far. According to the data, Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat districts of the state have received more than 100 percent of their average annual rainfall.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted extremely heavy rains in most parts of Gujarat on Tuesday, while Saurashtra-Kutch region on Wednesday and Thursday. At the same time, heavy to very heavy rains are forecast across the state till Thursday i.e. August 29.

Tankara taluka of Morbi district received 347 mm of rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 6 am on Tuesday, which is the highest in the state. Meanwhile, Morva Hadaf in Panchmahal received 346 mm, Nadiad in Kheda 327 mm, Borsad in Anand 318 mm, Vadodara taluka 316 mm and Anand taluka 314 mm of water. The IMD said that during the 24-hour period ending at 6 am on Tuesday, at least 24 out of 251 talukas received more than 200 mm of rain, while 91 talukas received more than 100 mm of rain.

Fresh rain on Tuesday flooded low-lying areas, roads and underpasses in Rajkot city. SEOC data shows that Rajkot city alone received 142 mm of rain in the next four hours from 6 am. Apart from this, Surendranagar, Kheda and Devbhoomi Dwarka also received rain in the morning. Giving updated information, the state government said that the water level in 96 reservoirs has gone above the danger mark and a high alert has been issued for them. Warning has also been issued for 19 reservoirs where water has reached close to the danger mark.

Meanwhile, the minimum temperature in the national capital Delhi was recorded at 22.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, which is four degrees below the average temperature of this season. The weather in Delhi-NCR has become pleasant due to the drop in temperature. Western winds are also blowing. People have got relief from this. According to the India Meteorological Department, there is also a possibility of rain during the day. On August 26, the IMD had also issued a ‘yellow’ alert for Tuesday in the national capital, in which the city was forecast to be generally cloudy, light to moderate rain and thundershowers and winds blowing at a speed of 30 to 40 km per hour. From the city side

IMD has said that a low pressure area is also moving in the west-northwest direction over Jharkhand and adjoining areas. Due to this, it is raining in the areas of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. The Meteorological Department has said that heavy rains are expected in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal on 27 and 28 August. According to the department, during the next 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rains may occur in Saurashtra and Kutch and parts of Gujarat region.

Apart from this, light to moderate rains may occur in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gangetic West Bengal, parts of Odisha, northern Chhattisgarh, northeastern Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Konkan and Goa and coastal Karnataka with heavy rains at some places. Light to moderate rains are possible in Sikkim, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Northeast India, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, northern interior Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir. Light rain is also possible in Ladakh, northwestern Rajasthan, Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. (With language inputs)

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