As heavy rainfall continue to wreak havoc in Gujarat, nine people were killed and nearly 1900 people were shifted to a safer place. Gujarat received more than 102% of the annual average rainfall till Monday morning. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Monday predicted isolated extremely heavy rainfall over southwest Rajasthan and Gujarat. "The low-pressure area lies over central parts of south Rajasthan and neighbourhood. It predicted heavy to very heavy rains in isolated places in the Gujarat region on Tuesday and issued an advisory for fishermen in the north and south Gujarat coasts till Tuesday.

Source: dna August 25, 2020 04:30 UTC