The Met department has issued an alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Narmadapuram division and 10 districts across the state and for the next three days, there will be heavy rain in most areas of the state.
The regions which are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall are Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, Khandwa, Khargone, Barwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua and Dhar districts.
According to the forecast, heavy rainfall warning has been issued for Shahdol division, Katni, Damoh, Sagar, Bhopal, Raisen and Sehore districts.
At present, a low pressure area has become active around coastal Andhra Pradesh in northwest Bay of Bengal. The monsoon trough is extending from Jaisalmer-Kota to North Andaman Sea via Guna-Jabalpur and Pendra Road and due to this, the southern part of Madhya Pradesh is receiving good rains which are Indore, Jabalpur and Narmadapuram. Cyclone is active over West Rajasthan. An offshore trough has also become active along the Karnataka coast from Maharashtra.
Formation of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal would induce heavy rains in Bhopal, Sagar and Shahdol as well.
During the last 24 hours, the highest rainfall occurred in Chhindwara and Pachmarhi with 2 inch each. Betul and Ujjain received 1.5 inch each, Ratlam, Narmadapuram, Gwalior received 1inch of rain. Half an inch of water was recorded in Indore, Raisen, Sagar, Mandla, Dhar, Bhopal. It also rained in Khargone, Seoni, Damoh,Umaria, Datia, Shivpuri and Khandwa.