Gujarat: Heavy rains likely in Saurashtra-Kutch districts

Storm Asna over northeast Arabian Sea is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards away from the Indian coast during next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Saturday.

Under the effect of the weather system, heavy to very heavy rains are expected at isolated places in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Jamnagar, Porbandar, Dwarka and Kutch.

Yesterday, the deep depression off the Gujarat coast had intensified into Cyclone Asna only the first of its kind to form over the Arabian Sea since 1964.

According to observations as of 11.30 am Friday, the storm had started moving away from the Indian coast, missing Gujarat.

The weather system has already caused extreme weather in the state. On Friday, Gujarat’s Rajkot, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Vadodara, Kutch and Saurashtra regions received very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall.

 In its latest forecast, the IMD said heavy rainfall (64-115 mm in 24 hours) will continue over Gujarat till Saturday. After a brief lull, heavy rainfall is expected over the Kutch-Saurashtra region on September 2 and 3.