Gujarat: Three dead, seven missing as heavy rain lashes state
The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued a red alert warning of a heavy downpour in many parts of the state till September 1.
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At least three persons were killed and seven went missing in Gujarat’s Morbi district on Monday as heavy rains lashed the state, The Hindu reported.
The three persons died after the tractor-trolley they were travelling on was spent away by flood water in Morbi’s Halvad taluka.
“While three persons died in rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours, the total death toll for this season stands at 99,” the newspaper quoted State Commissioner of Relief Alok Kumar Pandey as saying. “As many as 1,653 persons have been rescued so far with the help of the NDRF, SDRF and Coast Guard. Apart from this, 17,800 persons have been shifted to safer places as a precautionary measure so far.”
The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued a red alert warning of heavy rainfall for Gujarat’s Saurashtra region as well as the districts of Kutch, Kheda, Anand, Panchmahal, Dahod, Tapi, Navsari and Valsad till September 1.
According to the weather department’s classification, heavy rain ranges from 64.5 millimetres to 115.5 millimetres in a day. A red alert means that authorities are required to take action in view of an extreme weather event.
The heavy rains in Gujarat led to waterlogging on Tuesday in the cities of Rajkot, Vadodara and Ahmedabad, according to The Hindu.
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