The heavy rainfall continues to play havoc, disrupting normal live across the state as water bodies swelled and several lives were lost in the abrupt weather in the season.
The water level of other small rivers including Narmada, Tapti and Kshipra has increased. The state has received 13.56 inches of rain, about 17 percent more as it should have rained 11.64 inches in the season.
It was raining in Bhopal on Sunday afternoon. The Meteorological Department has predicted light to heavy rain in 19 districts including Bhopal and heavy rain at isolated places. There could be drizzle in Indore and Ujjain.
The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert on Sunday in Bhopal, Rajgarh, Vidisha, Dhar, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Dewas, Guna, Gwalior, Sheopur, Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Balaghat, Narsinghpur, Seoni, Mandla, Sagar, Damoh and Narmadapuram.
Narsinghpur received 1 inch, Seoni 1.5 inch, Bhopal 0.08 inch, Pachmarhi 1 inch rain. Apart from this, light rain also occurred in Guna, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Chhindwara, Damoh, Jabalpur, Mandla and Sagar.
Monsoon activities are going on in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. The Low Pressure Area is active with Cyclone over northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast. Very low pressure is active over the Northeast Arabian Sea.
A Monsoon trough is extending up to East-central Bay of Bengal through Deesa-Sagar, Ambikapur, Jharsuguda and Low Pressure Areas. There is a trough parallel from Maharashtra coast to Gujarat Coast.