Gandhinagar: India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Government of India’s Weather forecast arm functioning under the Ministry of Earth Science, has issued alert for flash flood risk for Gujarat region portions of Daman, Aravalli Bharuch, Dahod, Dangs, Mahisagar, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Sabarkantha, Surat, Tapi, Vadodara and Valsad districts for upto 17.30 hours (5.30 pm) on 27 July.

IMD has in its flash flood bulletin mentioned that – Surface runoff/ Inundation may occur at some fully saturated soils & low-lying areas over Area of Concern (AoC) as shown in map due to expected rainfall occurrence in next 24 hours.

The bulletin further informs that – Based on Merged Mean Areal Precipitation at 1730 IST, rainfall is up to 19 mm in last 6 hours and up to 58 mm in last 24 hours over few watersheds and neighborhood of Area of Concern (AoC) Met subdivisions. Land Surface Model shows few nearly saturated watersheds up to 85 to 95 % over Area of Concern (AoC) Met subdivisions and up to 50 % soil saturation over remaining parts of the country.

IMD has in its this bulletin also given flash flood warning to the areas of East Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Madhya Maharashtra, as the rivers in these areas flow to Gujarat to meet the sea, this is also a matter of concern for Gujarat. DeshGujarat