Red alert for extremely heavy rain in 6 Gujarat districts, Ahmedabad sees heavy rain

Sunday morning brought fresh bout of heavy rainfall in Gujarat, including Ahmedabad. After a brief pause, Ahmedabad witnessed a downpour late on Saturday night. Areas such as Prahladnagar, Anandnagar, S G Highway, Shivranjani, Thaltej, Shela, Bopal, Isanpur, CTM, and Ghodasar received significant rainfall. Meanwhile, a red alert for heavy rain was issued in six districts.

According to the weather department’s Nowcast, a red alert has been issued for Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, and Kheda districts from 7 am to 10 am on Sunday. A yellow alert has been issued for Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Gir Somnath, Amreli, Botad, and Bhavnagar, while an orange alert has been issued for other districts, including Ahmedabad.

Forecast for July 28

An orange alert has been issued for Banaskantha and Sabarkantha districts on July 28. Additionally, a Yellow Alert has been issued for 21 other districts, including Patan, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surendranagar, Kheda, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Dahod, Panchmahal, Anand, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Bharuch, Narmada, Navsari, Valsad, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Rajkot, and Botad, where heavy rainfall is expected.

Rainfall data from the last 24 hours

Modasa (Aravalli): 6.22 inches

Talod: 5.31 inches

Siddhpur: 5.16 inches

Kaprada: 4.92 inches

Dahegam: 4.80 inches

Kathlal: 4.17 inches

Mehsana: 3.98 inches

Dharampur: 3.78 inches

Prantij: 3.66 inches

Kandana: 3.58 inches

Deesa: 3.58 inches

Dhansura: 3.50 inches

Satlasana: 3.31 inches