Submerged roads and railway tracks, water gushing out of a flyover and two men in a boat – social media was flooded with visuals from Gujarat after the state witnessed heavy rainfall on August 26 and 27.
The rain left three persons dead after the tractor-trolley they were travelling on was swept away by flood water in Morbi’s Halvad taluka.
Clip 1: Rajkot – Amdavad Highway, Gujarat
Clip2: Rajkot, Junagadh, Vadodara, Jamnagar & Surat flooding
Clip3: Nadiad flood
Clip4: Ahmedabad city (Amdavad) underpass waterlogged & vehicles stuck in the flooded water pic.twitter.com/meHTcWIxLi
— Karnataka Weather (@Bnglrweatherman) August 27, 2024
The Indian Meteorological Department had issued a red alert for Gujarat on August 26, warning of heavy rainfall in the state until August 29, after which the intensity will reduce.
DD over north Gujarat moved westwards in past 6 hrs,close to Patan, about 40 km South of Deesa(GJ). To move slowly W-SW across Gujarat…