Four people died while eight escaped with injuries due to lightning in the past 24 hours in the heavy rainy conditions, in different parts of the state. Under the heavy rainfall several vehicles were submerged as 3 inches of rain was recorded in Gwalior.
Four people including a student died due to lightning in Chhatarpur, Seoni and Dindori. Three youths got stuck in the strong current of the waterfall in Tikloli Dumdar village in Morena. The police rescued them and took them out.
Heavy rain also occurred in Raisen, Chhindwara, Rewa, Sagar, Mandla and Malajkhand of Balaghat district in the state. So far, an average of 10.8 inches of rain has occurred in Madhya Pradesh. This is 5% less than the monsoon quota. So far, there has been 18% less rain in the eastern part while there is 7% more rain in the western part.
The Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain in the next few hours in 11 districts, North Neemuch, Sehore, Bhimbetka of Raisen, Ashoknagar, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Ratangarh of Datia, Orchha of Niwari, Tikamgarh, Khajuraho of Chhatarpur and Panna. Lightning may also strike here along with thunder and lightning.
In Gwalior too, after the rain, the roads and colonies were flooded.
An elderly man grazing cattle in Seoni on Thursday morning was struck by lightning. The elderly man has been referred to Jabalpur Medical College. Here, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law died due to lightning in Ghevari Panchayat in Dindori. Gulshan Bai (48) daughter-in-law Sangeeta Bai (28) was planting paddy in their field. A 9-year-old third class student died on a school campus in Chhatarpur. At the same time, 7 people of the same family working in the field were struck by lightning. One died and 6 were injured.
The Meteorological Department said that there is a possibility of rain in Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Guna, Udaygiri of Vidisha, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Katni, Satna, Mandla, Seoni, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Sagar, Damoh, Dindori, Balaghat, Amarkantak of Anuppur, Shahdol, Umaria, Rewa, Mauganj, Maihar, Sidhi, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Betul, Harda, Pandhurna, Pachmarhi of Narmadapuram, Mandsaur, Dewas, Indore, Khandwa and Burhanpur.
The monsoon trough is passing through Guna and Narsinghpur districts of MP. There is a cyclonic circulation system over South Gujarat and Saurashtra. At the same time, Western Disturbance is also active. Due to this, heavy rains are continuing in many districts of MP.
Due to cyclonic circulation, trough and western disturbance, light to heavy rains are continuing in most of the districts of the state for the last 3 days. Such weather will remain throughout July.
