14 Dead As Unseasonal Thunderstorms Hit Gujarat, Rain Alert Issued In Several Districts

Many people were injured after strong winds uprooted trees, hoardings, and pillars, and parts of houses collapsed in several districts.

Gujarat Rains: At least 14 people were killed after unseasonal thunderstorms and high-speed winds swept across Gujarat.

The State Emergency Operation Centre reported that 168 of the state’s 253 talukas received rainfall in the past 24 hours, with districts such as Kheda, Gandhinagar, and Vadodara logging up to 40 mm of rain. Fatalities were linked to incidents involving lightning, falling trees and hoardings, electrocution, and collapsing structures.

The India Meteorological Department has forecast more rains with winds reaching 60 kmph and a further drop in temperatures statewide.

Many people were injured after strong winds uprooted trees, hoardings, and pillars, and parts of houses collapsed in several districts.

Officials said 13 people died in rain-related incidents such as lightning, electrocution, and collapse of trees, houses and hoardings in Ahmedabad, Anand, Kheda, Dahod, Aravalli and Vadodara districts of Gujarat on Monday, and one person died in lightning strike in Ahmedabad's Viramgam on Sunday.

Four deaths were reported in Kheda district, three in Vadodara, two each in Ahmedabad, Dahod and Aravalli, and one in Anand district, it stated.

Four people died as trees fell on them, while two were killed after coming under hoardings. Two died due to electrocution, three due to lightning, and three others after parts of houses fell on them, the official said.

More than a dozen huts were destroyed in a fire as strong winds caused it to spread rapidly at Limkheda in Dahod district, officials said.

IMD Forecast For Gujarat

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms with lightning and strong winds of up to 50-60 kmph across many parts of the state over the next few days.

Isolated parts of Banaskantha, Kutch, Sabarkantha, Aravalli and Anand districts are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next three days, it said.

Daytime temperatures dropped in parts of Gujarat due to unseasonal showers.

Temperatures are likely to fall by 3-5 degrees Celsius over the next few days, as per the weather department.