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Most of the rainfall occurs in this season, and the rain can cause severe Floods. The sun is often occluded during the monsoon season. Though mostly dry, it is desertic in the north-west, and wet in the southern districts due to a heavy monsoon season.
[17] [18] By 3 September 2024, Gujarat received almost 118% of the rainfall of the season. Kutch recorded more than 180% of the rainfall, while North Gujarat was around 94%. [19] Vadodara, Jamnagar, Dwarka, Rajkot, Morbi and Bhuj cities were affected. Vadodara was heavily flooded due to rapid rise in the Vishwamitri river.
Starting 12 September 2021, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagadh as well as districts of Saurashtra were severely affected by heavy rain in short period of time resulting in flood. Several roads were damaged and connectivity was lost for several villages. [1] [2] A national highway and 18 state highways were closed in these districts. [2]
Concurrently with Jivitputrika festivities in 2024, significant monsoon rainfall impacted multiple regions of India, causing widespread flooding and the swelling of rivers and other bodies of water such as the Kopili, Barak, and Kushiyara. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were displaced by flooding and hundreds more were killed as a result of ...
2017 Gujarat flood: Following heavy rain in July 2017, Gujarat state of India was affected by the severe flood resulting in more than 200 deaths. [15] August 2018 Kerala Flood: Following high rain in late August 2018 and heavy Monsoon rainfall from August 8, 2018, severe flooding affected the Indian state of Kerala resulting over 445 deaths.
Rajkot is in a transition period of growing cultural, industrial, and economical activities. Rajkot is the 26th largest city in India and the 22nd fastest-growing urban area in the world. [8] Rajkot was the capital of Saurashtra state from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956 before merging in bilingual Bombay State on 1 November 1956.
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy [a] (/ ˌ b ɪ p ər ˈ dʒ ɔɪ /) was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone that formed over the east-central Arabian Sea.The third depression and the second cyclonic storm of the 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Biparjoy originated from a depression that was first noted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on 6 June, before ...
In Rajkot district, more than 1700 houses sustained damage. Jetpur town was flooded as the floodgates of Bhadar dam were opened. [15] There was severe damage to crops and a large number of cattle died. The flood and heavy rain resulted in 81 deaths across Gujarat. [16]