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Friday, July 10, 1998
Rains ease in South Gujarat
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
SURAT, July 9: The incessant rains that caused widespread waterlogging and forced the authorities to evacuate hundreds of families in the entire region over the past few days eased remarkably on Thursday. While the Navsari and Surat districts registered scanty rainfall in the past 24 hours, Valsad received moderate rainfall and Surat was dry, though overcast for most part of the day.Valsad flood control room officials stated that barring Kaparda taluka, which received 180 mm of rainfall, all other talukas of the district, Valsad city, Pardi, Umargam and Dharampur received rainfall below 20 mm on Thursday.The Navsari flood control room added that since 8 am on Thursday, the rainfall registered had been negligible throughout the district. Barring Kamrej and Choryasi talukas of Surat district, which did not receive any rainfall, all other talukas received between 1 mm and 5 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. The district flood control room added that while the water level at the Ukai Dam was at 299.58 feet, the Kakrapar weir was running at 160.30 feet. Surat city was dry on Thursday, with the meteorological office registering only 1 mm of rainfall after two days of heavy rainfall. In fact, the sun came through the cloud cover several times during the day. Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

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