Key Takeaways
- Severe flooding at Ahmedabad Airport has left terminal areas submerged, causing travel disruptions.
- Passengers are urged to contact airlines for flight updates and avoid parking at the airport.
- A red alert has been issued for multiple Gujarat districts, including Junagadh and Surat.
As a result of continuous heavy downpours being witnessed in the state of Gujarat for many days in a row, severe flooding has taken place in the Ahmedabad Airport.
The subway and terminal areas have been inundated with knee‑high water levels, and passengers were seen moving through the water. Visuals of the scene are going viral across social media.
Videos shared on Twitter show how people were wading through the water to board their flights on time.
In the light of this situation, the airport authorities have asked the passengers to contact their respective airlines before beginning their journeys, in order to check the status of their flights. Due to the water-logging, passengers have also been advised not to park vehicles at the airport facility.
And as the situation poses extreme inconvenience to the travellers, as they are struggling to reach their destinations on time, the airport officials are working relentlessly, to maintain smooth operations, despite the critical conditions.
The city of Ahmedabad is facing wide-spread water-logging because of continuous rainfalls over the last 48 hours, which has affected the daily life of the residents and commuters, and major disruption has been caused to the airport operations.
A red alert has specifically been issued for Junagadh, Jamnagar, Dev Bhoomi Dwarka, Kutch, Surat, Valsad, Navsari, and Surat. These areas may experience intense precipitation, which can lead to flooding and other related hazards. Additionally, many other districts in south Gujarat and Saurashtra-Kutch will also witness heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next three days, according to the IMD.
