Weather Forecast: At least eight people died and crops were damaged due to lightning in several areas following storm and unseasonal rain in Gujarat on Sunday. The officers provided this information. According to data compiled by the State Emergency Operation Centre, 220 of Gujarat’s 251 talukas received up to 50 mm of rain in a span of 10 hours from 6 am on Sunday, disrupting normal life and causing damage to crops.
lightning due to heavy rain
Ahmedabad city received 15 mm of rain in two hours in the morning. The city received heavy rain in the evening, due to which people remained indoors during the weekend. It rained and hailstormed in Rajkot, where locals were seen enjoying the unseasonal rain. Officials said that apart from the damage to crops due to rain, the ceramic industry was also affected due to the closure of factories in Morbi district of Saurashtra region.
Eight people died due to heavy rain
Officials said at least eight people died in Mehsana, Dahod, Sabarkantha, Tapi, Botad, Amreli and Ahmedabad districts due to strong wind, lightning and storm and unseasonal rain.
heavy rain forecast
Manorama Mohanty, director of IMD’s meteorological center in Ahmedabad, said heavy rains are expected during the day in Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Dangs and Tapi districts of south Gujarat as well as Bhavnagar, Botad and Amreli districts of Saurashtra region. .
He told reporters, “There is a forecast of rain only on Sunday. It will reduce by tomorrow and will be concentrated in some parts of South Gujarat and Saurashtra districts.