After monsoon activities resumed in the state, it started raining heavily in many parts of the state; on Tuesday, two people died due to lightning in Berasia area of Bhopal.
It rained in some areas, while it was drizzling in some places. Heavy rain may occur at isolated places in Bhopal, Raisen, Betul, Shivpuri, Ashoknagar, Agar, Ashoknagar, Datia, Sagar, Damoh, Datia, Niwari, Seoni, Satna, Rewa, Shivpuri, Singrauli and Anuppur in next 4 to 5 hours.
The Met department has issued an alert of rain and thundershowers at isolated places in Rewa, Shahdol, Indore, Gwalior, Chambal and Ujjain divisions till Wednesday morning.
Two people have died due to lightning in Berasia. Raghunath Jatav, a resident of Barai village, was working on his farm. During this, he died due to lightning with rain. Daulat Singh of Dhaturia village also died due to electrocution while working on the field. In the month of June this year, more than 10 people have lost their lives due to lightning across the state.
Heavy rain started in Guna in the afternoon. Chhindwara and Tikamgarh, witnessed heavy rainfall while it rained in Bhopal, Sagar, Satna and Rajgarh.
In Bhopal, there was heavy rain at around 2 pm in some areas including the depot intersection. Apart from this, there was light rain in other areas.
Monsoon has become active in Madhya Pradesh, but the cyclone formed on Tuesday in the Bay of Bengal has not become active. Because of this it is not raining much. Due to the arrival of moisture from the Arabian Sea, light rain is happening in some areas of the state. Due to this, the temperature remained elevated across the state on Tuesday.
The maximum temperature in Gwalior reached 42. Apart from this, the mercury also crossed 40 in Khajuraho and Tikamgarh. Bhopal recorded a maximum temperature of 35, Jabalpur 36 and Indore 33 degree Celsius.