12 inches rain pounds Khambhalia

RAJKOT: Two persons were drowned, while one person was struck to death by lightning, as rain continued to pound Saurashtra on the second consecutive day on Sunday.
Khambhalia town of DevbhoomDwarka was pounded by 4344mm between 6am and 8pm.
In Kotharia village near Rajkot, an SUV was swept in strong currents of Khokhardal River. The SUV got stuck on the bridge over which the flood water of the river was overflowing.
“There was a truck behind the SUV.The truck driver asked the three occupants in the SUV to climb up his truck and abandon the SUV. While the three occupants were walking towards the truck, they were swept away into the river by the strong currents in the water. While the two persons, identified as Bhavesh Rathod and Prakash Chawda, were rescued, a labourer identified as Bikha (28) drowned,” said an official from Aji Dam police station.
The second incident of drowning was reported from Ghutu village of Morbi taluka, where an unidentified migrant labourer drowned in Narmada canal linked to Machchu Dam-2.
In Umrada village of Muli taluka in Surendranagar, an unidentified man was killed after he was struck by lightning.
In Jamkhambhalia of Devbhoomi Dwarka district, 85 mm rainfall was recorded in the span of just two hours from 4 pm to 6 pm on Sunday.
The total rainfall that Jamkhambhalia received on Sunday was 142 mm. In Diu, 75 mm rainfall caused inundation in Videshi Bazaar.
In Porbandar, a house was struck by lightning, while the wall of a house at the sea coast in Saiyed Rajpara village of Una taluka in Gir Somnath district collapsed after being repeatedly hit by tital waves.
All the household items in the house were swept away into the sea. A total of 15 boats were swept away into the sea at Ghoghla Port in Diu. Heavy rainfall also caused a flash flood in Somet River in Kodinar of Gir Somnath district.