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Weather Updates: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted extremely heavy rainfall over Gujarat region today, September 3, with Saurashtra and Kutch set to receive very to very heavy rainfall. The state has been put on a red alert.

"A well-marked low-pressure area over northwest Arabian Sea now lies over northwest & adjoining west central Arabian Sea. It is likely to continue to move further south-south-westwards and weaken gradually into a low-pressure area during next 12 hours" stated the weather agency's forecast bulletin.

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Heavy To Very Heavy Rains In THESE States

The IMD also forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over Saurashtra and Kutch, West Madhya Pradesh and southeast Rajasthan today. The region has been given an orange alert. A well-marked low-pressure area over central parts of Vidarbha is likely to move northwards along Western Madhya Pradesh and will likely weaken into a low-pressure area over the next 24 hours, the agency said.

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In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall is expected over coastal regions. Regarding the weather system, IMD said the depression over East Vidarbha, and adjacent Telangana is likely to move nearly North-West across Vidarbha and adjoining west Madhya Pradesh and weaken into a low-pressure area during next 24 hours.

At least 35 people have been killed, and over 1,000 have been rendered homeless in two states as torrential rainfall continues to wreak havoc in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The continued heavy downpour over the past three days has battered roads and rail tracks, submerged thousands of acres of crops and left people scrambling for essentials, as agencies engaged in relief and rescue operations and the chief ministers of the two states stepped up efforts to tackle the situation.