Gujarat has already received nearly 90.8 per cent of its average annual rainfall with Kutch and Saurashtra recording 137 per cent and 111 per cent rainfall, respectively.
The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Panchmahal, Dahod, Kheda, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha districts predicting isolated extremely heavy rainfall till Tuesday morning
Both July and August, the two rainiest months on the city's calendar, recorded significant rain deficits. But September has so far recorded a surplus in Kolkata, thanks to two back-to-back systems on the Bay
For the first time since July, the city recorded three-digit rainfall figures with Santacruz registering 111 mm rain in 24 hours ending Friday morning. Previously, rain surpassed the 100-mm mark in the city on July 28.