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Five more die in Gujarat rains

The monsoon toll in Gujarat has risen to 32 with five more deaths reported in the northern part of the state during the last 48 hours.

According to meteorological department sources, the monsoon rains in the next 24 hours would be extensive covering not only Gujarat but also Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Heavy rainfall warning has also been sounded for isolated places in Gujarat, except Kutch.

However, there are no cyclones expected.

On Sunday, nearly 210 of the 230 talukas in Gujarat received rains. More than 50 of these witnessed heavy showers.

Heavy rains are also likely to occur at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal Karnataka and Kerala during next 48 hours.

Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at most places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and at many places in Gangetic West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, south interior Karnataka and at a few places over the rest of the country.

The Southwest monsoon has been active in the Bihar plains and Gujarat region. Rain or thundershowers occurred at most places in Assam, Meghalaya, East Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Konkan and Goa, coastal Karnataka and at many places in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Haryana, madhya Maharashtra, Kerala and at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gangetic West Bengal, Rajasthan, Saurashtra and Kutch, Vidarbha, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, south interior Karnataka and at isolated places in Orissa, in the hills of West Uttar Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu and north interior Karnataka.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

                   Temperature      Rainfall (mm)
	           (degree c) 

                     Max     Min     Past 24      Since 
				     Hrs          June 1

Agartala           30(-1)  25(0)      13       169 (-362)
Allahabad          37(+2)  27(0)      15        --   --
Amritsar           39(+2)  23(-3)     80       128 (+61)
Ahmedabad          29(-5)  24(-2)     98       266 (+119)
Aurangabad         27(-4)  23(+1)      0       259 (+100)
Bangalore          27(-1)  20(+1)      4        83 (-12)
Bhopal             25(-7)  23(-1)     37       247 (+25)
Bhubaneshwar        31(-1)  27(+1)      0       360 (+94)
Bombay             32(+2)  27(+2)      3       735 (+89)
Calcutta           30(-2)  28(+2)      0       140 (-205)
Chandigarh         34(-1)  27(+2)      7       182 (+56)
Dehra Dun          27(-5)  25(+2)     41       387 (+104)
Guwahati           32(0)   26(0)       9       277 (-168)
Hyderabad          34(+3)  24(+1)      2        50 (-82)
Imphal             29(+1)  23(+1)      6       340 (-16)
Indore             24(+8)  22(-1)      6       246 (+60)
Jaipur             30(-5)  25(-1)     37       218 (+152)
Kanyakumari        34(+4)  27(+3)      0        57 (-65)
Lucknow            35(-1)  25(-2)     22       170 (+60)
Madras             39(+3)  25(-2)     47        75 (+2) 
Mangalore          28      23         60      1610 (+378)
Nagpur             26(-7)  24(-1)      6       177 (-65)
New Delhi          36      28          0       182 (+96)
Patna              29(-5)  25(-2)     59       114 (-71)
Panjim             29      25(+1)     17      6144 (+195)
Pune               28(-1)  23(+1)      2       145 (+6)
Rajkot             31(-3)  25         16       181 (+48)
Shillong           24      19(+1)      4       108 (-443)
Satna              28(-6)  23(-3)      5       135 (-44)
Shimla             24(+2)  17(+1)     23       258 (+46)
Srinagar           33(+2)  21(+3)      0        41 (-2)
Thiruvananthapuram 32(+3)  23(0)       0      318 (+80)
Vishakhapatnam     33(+1)  27(+1)               97 (-28)
Varanasi           32(-2)  25(-2)     201      236 (+03)

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