PANAJI
The depression in the Arabian sea continued to play havoc with the weather in Goa with heavy rains lashing the capital city and most parts of the State from Saturday afternoon.
Ela at Old Goa was the area that received the most rainfall with the observatory recording 43 mm (over two inches) in just three hours.
Panaji recorded as much as two inches between 3 pm and 8 pm on Saturday.
The rains which initially began as a drizzle progressed to heavy rains accompanied by winds throwing normal life in disarray.
The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a 'yellow alert' for the State and has said that rains will likely continue until Monday.
The unseasonal rainfall has also disrupted harvesting operations of the Kharif crop in many areas in the State. However, farmers who used mechanical harvesters were lucky as the wet conditions were overcome with the mechanical equipment concealing the harvested paddy directly after harvesting, avoiding the dampening of the paddy.
