Saurashtra towns receive untimely rain,hailstones

Amid the heat wave in the state,some parts of Saurashtra,including Rajkot,Junagadh and Amreli district...

Amid the heat wave in the state,some parts of Saurashtra,including Rajkot,Junagadh and Amreli district,received untimely showers and hailstones on Thursday late evening. While roads in Jetpur in Rajkot district were covered by hailstones,traffic was disturbed in Dhoraji following uprooting of trees on the state highway.

The fall of hailstones,which lasted nearly half an hour on Thursday,took the Jetpur residents by surprise. The fall of the hailstones brought down the temperature in the town which was reeling under the scorching heat of 41 to 42 degree Celsius. Jamkandrona,also in Rajkot district,also saw fall of hailstones.

Following the high speed wind and showers,many trees were reportedly uprooted on the state highway between Dhoraji and Jamkandorna. According to the district police control room,it took a couple of hours to move the uprooted trees and clear the road for traffic on the highway.

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According to Met department reports,several villages in Jamkandorna,Jetpur and Dhoraji talukas received 0.5 to 0.75 inch rainfall.

Bagasara in Amreli district also received showers along with high-speed wind. Following a heavy shower,the roads in the town were flooded with water. Besides,Dhari and Kukavav in Junagadh district also received a sharp spell of showers.

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