Incessant rains across the State have created havoc at several places in the past 2-3 days with swollen rivers and submerged bridges and culverts at numerous places. Weather turbulence has left several people stranded to wait for the weather conditions to normalise.
The system over Central India has its movement slow and the movement would become clear in the next 24-48 hours but still than heavy rainfall would be witnessed.
Warning of heavy rainfall at several places in the State has been issued by Met department. Bhopal recorded 3 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. Among the major cities Jabalpur recorded 11 cm of rainfall.
Concentration of the system is over Sagar–Damoh region which is inducing good amount of rainfall. Met department told that at this time of the season State does not witness such heavy rains but the conditions are inductive and system formed are very slow in movement.
Sagar, Katni and Damoh have witnessed heavy rainfall in the past 2-3 days. Rain has created havoc in Satna which witnessed 24 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
State has received an excess of 43 percent rainfall in the season. In east Madhya Pradesh 60 percent excess rainfall has been recorded in the season. The normal rainfall is 218.6 mm while region has recorded 350.9 mm of rainfall in the season.
In west Madhya Pradesh 26 percent excess rainfall has been recorded in the season. The normal rainfall is 173.1 mm while region has recorded 218.3 mm of rainfall in the season.
The district of Bhopal has recorded 47 percent excess rainfall in the season.