Heavy rainfall and hail storms lashed the state on Monday, and the weather has changed in Madhya Pradesh for the past two days.
In the state capital there was heavy rain with thunder and lightning in Bhopal on Monday evening. Several districts including Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Rajgarh, Vidisha and Chhindwara received hailstorm along with rain.
Heavy hailstorm occurred in Malhargarh, Piplia Mandi, Botal Ganj, Sitamau areas including Mandsaur city. In Piplia Mandi and Malhargarh, there was a sheet of hail on the highway. Due to the hailstorm, standing crops in the fields have been spread.
In Ratlam, it rained in the afternoon with strong winds. Hail fell in many villages of Namli region with strong wind and rain. It was cloudy in Rajgarh and there was a strong storm. There was heavy rain with thunder and lightning at many places across the district including Rajgarh, Khilchipur, Zirapur, Machhalpur, Bhojpur, Chhapiheda. There was heavy rain with hail in Ujjain's Unhel. There, it rained in Chhindwara's Chourai and other areas including Jamtara. Hail also fell at many places. Hail fell for 20 minutes at Ikodia, Chandadhana in Sironj tehsil of Vidisha district. There has been a huge loss in the wheat crop.
Due to strong storms and rain, there was a power failure in more than 20 areas of Bhopal. Disruption of power continued in Raisen Road including Bagh Mughalia, Katara, Hoshangabad Road, Bavadia Kalan, Avadhpuri, Ayodhya Bypass, Karond.
According to meteorologists, the weather will remain like this till March 9. There are chances of rain in 20 districts of the state. These include Bhopal, Raisen, Khandwa, Khargone, Barwani, Burhanpur, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Katni, Narmadapuram, Betul, Harda, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashoknagar Datia, Sheopur, Morena and Bhind districts. The wind speed will be 18 km per hour. At the same time, there will be a drop in day and night temperatures.