People praying for rains were annoyed after long power cuts were witnessed on Monday in several parts following heavy rainfall in the evening; warning of heavy rainfall has been issued for 12 districts by Met department.
Several trees were uprooted in the gusty winds which peaked at 90 km per hour on Sunday; some areas reported power cut for more than 8 hours and on Monday same pattern was witnessed but the wind speed was moderate.
Pattern of heavy rainfall continued for the third consecutive day in the state capital as rainfall which started in the evening continued till the night on Monday. The city received around 1 cm rainfall on Monday. Despite of rainfall in the past few days two problems water supply and humid weather conditions continue to disturb normal life of the state capital and their pain was further intensified after their calls made to the MPSEB regarding power supplies went unanswered.
In the state Hoshangabad and Jabalpur divisions recorded rainfall at several places while few places recorded rainfall in Shahdol, Bhopal, Indore and Ujjain divisions.
The spell of heavy rainfall would be witnessed in the next 2-3 days.
The east Madhya Pradesh region continues to witness hot and humid conditions with high day temperatures which were reported on Monday.
Met department has issued warning of heavy rainfall for Khandwa, Khargone, Burhanpur, Betul, Chindwara, Seoni, Balaghat, Mandla, Alirajpur, Badwani, Dewas and Raisen districts which are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.
Balaghat received the highest rainfall at 7 cm while Malajkhand recorded 6 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.