Heavy rain kept falling in Gujarat for the last 24 hours, and showers were seen in 212 talukas spread across 33 districts. Valsad’s Pardi taluka got the most rain with four inches, then came Dharampur with three inches.
Khervagam in Navsari, Kaprada in Valsad, and Talod in Sabarkantha each got more than two inches of rain, as reported by the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC). The India Meteorological Department has warned fishermen not to go out to sea near Gujarat's coast from August 22 to 25 because the weather will be very rough.
So far, the state has gotten an average of 681.14 mm of rain, which makes up 77.24 pc of the total rain expected for the season. South Gujarat gets the most seasonal rain with 80.51pc, then comes Kutch at 80.26 pc, followed by Saurashtra with 77.39 pc, North Gujarat at 75.87 pc, and East-Central Gujarat with 73.40 pc. Water levels in the reservoirs have gone up a lot, and the Narmada Dam, which is seen as the main source of water for Gujarat, is now filled to 80.84 pc of its total capacity. In the whole state, there are 206 other reservoirs, and they are filled to 75.74 pc of their total capacity.
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Officials have put 73 dams on high alert, 35 on alert, and 16 under warning. The monsoon has also triggered large-scale evacuations. Since June 1, almost 5,205 people have been moved to safer places, and 900 citizens have been saved. To handle emergencies, 12 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and 20 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have been sent to different areas of the state. One NDRF team and thirteen SDRF teams are on standby at the headquarters.
Gujarat's 2025 monsoon season had a lot of unusual weather — it started too early, the rain wasn't spread out evenly, and there were sudden heavy rains from the clouds. June was the wettest month in ten years, with about 288.70 mm of rain, which is almost 33 pc of the yearly average, all falling in that single month.
By the end of June, the state had already gotten more than 34 pc of its seasonal share, which is faster than in past years. The rain, however, was uneven. South Gujarat and Kutch got more rain than usual, more than 80 pc of what they normally get. But Saurashtra had a long time without much rain and didn't get enough. Some areas in Saurashtra got as little as 23 to 36 pc of the normal rainfall.
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