Record rain batters Vadodara, 5 dead

• Five persons were killed and over 5,700 were evacuated from Vadodara city and surrounding areas in central Gujarat, which was battered by nearly 500 mm rain in 24 hours till Thursday morning
• As much as 286 mm rain fell in just four hours, between 4 pm and 8 pm on Wednesday. While roads were unusable and several trains were cancelled, operations at the Vadodara airport resumed late evening
• Most parts of the city remained inundated till Thursday night in spite of the intensity of rain decreasing, as waters of the Vishwamitri river started entering the city as it breached its banks

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