Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted generally cloudy sky with heavy rain for Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Sunday. The met department has issued yellow alert for heavy rainfall for the city and has predicted week-long showers. The maximum temperature will settle at 30 degrees Celsius and minimum will hover around 24 degrees Celsius.
Weekly Forecast For Ahmedabad
Over the next week, Ahmedabad will experience a mix of heavy rain and thundershowers. The forecast starts with generally cloudy skies and heavy rain on the 24th, 25th, and 28th of August. Temperatures will range from a low of 25°C to a high of 30°C. On the 27th and 28th, expect moderate rain with temperatures between 24°C and 30°C. The weather will shift to rain or thundershowers on the 29th and 30th, with temperatures reaching up to 33°C.
Heavy Rainfall In Gujarat
Heavy rains lashed parts of north Gujarat on Saturday, inundating low-lying areas and blocking state highways and roads connecting villages. According to officials, water levels have reached above the danger mark in 66 out of 206 reservoirs in the state.
As per data shared by the state emergency operation centre (SEOC), Vadgam taluka of Banaskantha district received 112 mm rainfall in 24 hours ending at 6 am on Saturday, the highest in the state, followed by Nadiad taluka of Kheda district (102 mm), and Meghraj in Arvalli district (101 mm).
Vijapur taluka of Mehsana district received 205 mm of rainfall in four hours from 6 am to 10 am on Saturday, the SEOC said. Rains disrupted normal life in Ahmedabad city as well.
Six state highways and 36 panchayat roads were flooded, the government said in an update.
Seven villagers were rescued in Dahod and Chhota Udepur districts on Friday after they were stranded as water levels of rivers rose amid rains.
Teams from the local police and fire department rescued six persons in Dhanpur taluka of Dahod, as the Panam river was in spate due to heavy rains, and a woman was similarly rescued in Moti Tokri village of Chhota Udepur district, officials said.
A government update stated that of 206 reservoirs in the state, 52 were full to the brim, 66 were on high alert, and 42 were 70-100 per cent full.
The Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadia in Narmada district has reached 88 per cent capacity, it said.
Meanwhile, officials said that eight teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and 20 from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed in different districts as a precautionary measure.
The IMD has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places, with isolated extremely heavy showers in parts of south Gujarat till the morning of August 27.
With PTI Inputs