Heavy rains lash Ahmedabad, other parts of Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of the city and the state since Saturday night. The Ahmedabad city received 26mm of rains last night and about 6mm of downpour between 6am-8am today.
Ahmedabad has already received 730mm of rains this season so far against the annual average of 798mm. The areas like Bopal, Ghuma, Jodhpur, Sarkhej, Gota, Bodakdev witnessed moderate to heavy rains.

According to the weather office, from 6am to 8am, 162 talukas witnessed rainfall activity ranging from 1mm to 90mm. The highest rainfall during these two hours was reported from Siddhpur taluka in Patan (90mm), followed by Bechraji Taluka (71mm) in Mehsana, Jotana too reported 53mm of rains. Shankeshwar in Patan (52mm), Mansa in Gandhiagar (50mm) were among the others areas to have witnessed rain activity. At least 22 talukas in the state received more than 25 mm of rains during these two hours.

Till 6am on Sunday, the state had already received 786mm of rain this season which was 95% of its annual seasonal rainfall of 831mm. In the last 24 hours ending at 6am on Sunday, Gujarat received an average of 35mm rain.
So far, of the 225 talukas, only 3 talukas have reported rains between 125mm and 250mm, while 62 talukas have witnessed rains between 251mm and 500mm, 129 talukas have recorded rains between 501mm and 1, 000mm and only 57 talukas have seen more than 1, 000mm of rains during the season.