The cyclone that came near the Bay of Bengal after devastating Odisha, Gujarat and Rajasthan could now wreck havoc in Madhya Pradesh. Heavy rain started lashing the State capital and other parts from Tuesday morning. The Met department has predicted that the prevailing weather conditions would continue on Wednesday too as the Bay of Bengal system is now between Jharkhand and Odisha.
Director of the Met department Anupam Kashyapi has said besides Shahdol and Sagar divisions, Balaghat, Mandla, Jabalpur and Narsinghpur districts could receive heavy rain in the next 48 hours. Rewa, Sagar and Hoshangabad divisions and Bhopal, Vidisha, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Raisen, Datia and Morena districts would get light or medium rains.
During the territorial rains in Betul district, a school bus was washed away. Over 60 students were aboard the bus but all of them were saved. The bus of PlS School was passing through the nullah of Sukha Dhana Mountains when the flow of water increased. The driver lost control and the bus turned turtle. As the school was near the spot, staff and other bus drivers came to the rescue and stopped the bus from getting washed away and rescued the children.
The rivers and nullahs in Betul are on spat as Machna and Sukhi Rivers of the district are flowing above danger mark causing jam at Bhopal-Nagpur national highway.
In Dindori a vehicle turned turtle while trying to cross the over-bridge on a river while a huge tree uprooted on National Highway-75 in Chhatarpur district caused road jam. Met department has predicted heavy rain in some parts of the State while some would get medium rainfall in the next 48 hours.