Heavy rains lash South Gujarat; situation to prevail across state till June 26: IMD
Vapi in Valsad received the highest amount of rainfall – 173 mm in 12 hours till 6 pm – among 92 talukas of Gujarat that were lashed by rains on Thursday.
Four other talukas of the district also received heavy rainfall. These included Pardi (128 mm), Kaprada (115 mm), Dharampur (108 mm), and Umergaon (99 mm).
Other than Valsad, the southern districts of Navsari, Bharuch, Surat, Dang and Tapi were lashed by the rains.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, Sabarkantha and Aravalli are under orange alert against very heavy rainfall on June 22 and 23. Gujarat is expected to continue receiving heavy rainfall till June 26.
The weather department has also issued an alert against 'light thunderstorm with lightning and surface wind of 30-40 kmph accompanied with light to moderate rain' across the state till June 24.
The heavy rainfall is attributed by the weather department to 'upper air cyclonic circulation over Southwest Rajasthan, trough from northwest Uttar Pradesh to north Gujarat across another cyclonic circulation over northeast Rajasthan and neighbourhood, and an off-shore trough at sea level chart from north Konkan coast to north Kerala coast'.
Other talukas to receive heavy rainfall were Khergam in Navsari (98 mm), Hansot in Bharuch (91 mm), Olpad in Surat (89 mm), Vaghai in Dang (87 mm), Valia in Bharuch (79 mm), Umarpada and Mangrol in Surat (72 mm and 64 mm, respectively), Valsad (62 mm), Dang-Ahwa (59 mm), Subir in Dang (56 mm) along with Kamrej and Bardoli in Surat at 53 and 50 mm respectively.
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