Gujarat floods news: Extremely heavy rains to pound Saurashtra, Kutch today | 10 points

Gujarat floods: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that the coastal state, already reeling from the massive devastation due to heavy downpours and flooding, will likely witness moderate to heavy rainfall today. The IMD has forecast extremely heavy rainfall for  Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch regions on Friday. The weather forecasting agency issued an orange alert for districts like Jamnagar, Porbandar, Dwarka, etc, for Friday, August 30.

Here is a complete update on the IMD's weather forecast for Gujarat.

Gujarat weather today

-Several parts of the state are likely to witness moderate rain accompanied by thundershowers on Friday, August 30. The weather forecasting agency has also issued a warning for Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat, predicting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall till August 31.

-In the wake of a cyclonic storm warning for the district, Kutch Collector Amit Arora issued a public advisory for the locals.

“Light to Moderate rain/thundershowers very likely at most places in all the districts of Gujarat region, namely Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Aravalli, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Mahisagar, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli,” he said.

- IMD, in its latest weather bulletin, said, “At most places in all the districts of Saurashtra Kutch, namely Surendranagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Botad, Kutch and in Diu.”

-The IMD has issued an orange alert for “the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch, namely Jamnagar, Porbandar, Dwarka and in Kutch.”

-Other districts of the region, including “Rajkot, Junagadh, Morbi, etc.,” are kept under yellow alert. In isolated places, these districts are likely to receive heavy rains.

-The deep depression, lying 60 km northwest of Bhuj and 80 km northeast of Naliya, is moving at the speed of 3 km/hour. The deep depression is likely to bring extremely heavy rainfall in Saurashtra and Kutch, according to IMD Scientist Ramashray Yadav."The districts covered under this are Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagarh, Dwarka, and Kutch. Tomorrow, a heavy rainfall warning will be issued for Jamnagar, Porbandar, Morbi, Swarka, and Kutch districts," ANI quoted Yadav.

-The rescue operation is underway in several areas hit by flooding and heavy rainfall. Following a request from the Gujarat government, six columns of the Indian Army have been deployed to conduct rescue operations in the worst-affected areas.

"In response to the severe flooding in multiple districts, the Indian Army has swiftly mobilised its resources to support the ongoing relief efforts. Following a request from the Gujarat State Government, six columns of the Indian Army are undertaking rescue operations to the worst-affected areas to provide immediate Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)," the Army said in a statement on Thursday.