No fewer than 14 people died and 16 others were injured in the past two days as heavy pre-monsoon showers lashed India’s western state of Gujarat,
State officials disclosed this on Tuesday with television visuals showing fallen trees and damaged crops as heavy lightning and thunderstorms impacted several districts.
According to India’s Meteorological Department, the unseasonal rain across most of the state was driven by a cyclonic circulation in the neighbouring parts of Pakistan and India’s Rajasthan state.
The weather forecaster has forecast more rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds across Gujarat until Thursday.
“We are awaiting reports on crop damage,” secretary of the state’s agriculture department, Anju Sharma said.
Newspot reports that Gujarat is a major producer of cotton, cumin and rice.
Recall that unseasonable heavy rain across eastern and central India and parts of Nepal killed more than 100 people last month.
