MUMBAI: Heavy rains have battered Gujarat and some parts of Maharashtra including the metro Mumbai and at least a dozen people have been reported dead in Gujarat in the past 24 hours, while in the past two days, nearly 3 people have been reported dead due to rain-related incidents in and around Mumbai.

Among the most affected districts in Gujarat include areas in Kutch, Surat, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Morbi and Tapi which have received heavy rains during the last day. 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has reported that several affected regions have received more than 200 mm of showers in the last 30 hours

According to data, Vyara taluka of Tapi district received a staggering 299 mm of rainfall in 30 hours followed by Junagadh city (298 mm), Valod taluka of Tapi (288), Mahuva in Surat (256 mm), Jamnagar city (236 mm), Bardoli of Surat (223 mm), Mendarda in Junagadh (207mm) and Dolvan in Tapi district (206 mm).

The reports from relief agencies like the Central National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), nearly one dozen deaths have been reported due to flooding and incidents of houses or wall collapses. 

Meanwhile, in Mumbai and adjoining Thane and Palghar districts rain fury has left nearly 3 people dead in the past two days. In the past 48 hours, the island city and its two suburbs, the eastern and western received 93 mm, 127 mm and 123 mm rainfall, respectively.

One person died in central Mumbai Byculla when a tree got uprooted and fell on a hutment yesterday, while a day before two persons were killed in separate tree fall incidents in Mumbai's western suburbs. In Thane, two persons were reportedly swept away in swollen water bodies due to heavy showers.

Meanwhile, IMD has predicted heavy rainfall over the next few days in various parts of the country as the monsoons spread across the country. According to the met department, the country will be receiving normal rainfall in July after a reasonably late surge in June. 

IMD has said that the fears of a bad monsoon arising out of the developing El Nino in the Pacific Ocean are not unfounded. The El Nino effect relates to weather events of warming in the Pacific Ocean that could have an impact on India's monsoon progress.