In past 24 hours, heavy rainfall was reported in several parts of the State, while light showers were witnessed in Bhopal. The Met department has issued warning of very heavy and heavy rainfall in the city in the next 48 hours.
Met department has issued warning of very heavy to heavy rainfall at several places in the next 48 hours. Warning has been issued for Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Ujjain, Jabalpur and Indore divisions, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Dewas, Agar, Chhindwara, Narsinghpur, Seoni, Guna, Ashok Nagar and Sagar regions.
Monsoon has been witnessed with full force across several regions witnessing surplus rainfall which was forecasted to be a normal monsoon earlier. Most of the places in the state have received normal and surplus rainfall in the season and still the active monsoon
Day temperature dipped after heavy rainfall in the past 3-4 days. City recorded day temperature at 28.3 degree Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 24 degree Celsius. The city witnessed 1.6 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Among the nearby regions Hoshangabad received 8.3 cm of rainfall on Thursday.
Met department told that a low pressure area over South East Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas of Vidharbha and Chhattisgarh. low pressure area system over Bay of Bengal has moved towards Betul- Chhindwara region.
Rivers across the state have swelled due to the heavy rainfall. Among the rivers which have been witnessed overflowing and damaging were Narmada and Tawa rivers have swelled in the past few days.
In Betul region several areas have witnessed heavy rainfall. Rivers have swelled and the contact with the district headquarters has been disrupted.
Saapna river has been overflowing due to the heavy rainfall and in the Betul market area a 55-year-old woman was swept in the strong water currents. Betul -Bhopal NH -69 has witnessed huge lines of vehicles after the NH-69 was submerged.