Heavy thunderstorm and rains lashed several parts of the State capital on Tuesday evening. Power failure was witnessed in most of the localities and normalcy was restored late in the night.
Thundershowers hit the city providing relief to the citizens from the scorching heat. The weathermen claimed these were pre-monsoon showers and would continue in the coming days.
High velocity winds struck the city in the evening uprooting trees at several places. According to the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC), trees were uprooted at link Road number 2, Arera Colony, Gautam Nagar, Chiklod Road and Shahjehanabad localities. No casualty was, however, reported.
large parts of the city went dark as electricity lines tripped due to extreme weather. The electricity department said that power got disrupted at Habibganj, 10 and 11 number markets, Arera Colony, MP Nagar, Malviya Nagar and parts of the old city. Intermittent downpour and lightning prevented repair work till late in the night.
Sources in meteorological department said that pre-monsoon showers and thunderstorms were likely to occur in the next few days in many parts of the State, including Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur. Continued on Page 4
Rains bring down temperature in Bhopal
Besides, the maximum and minimum temperatures would remain around 41 and 29 degree Celsius for the next few days.
The highest day-time temperature in the State capital was 40.5 degree Celsius and the minimum temperature was 29.6 degree Celsius which was 2.8 degrees above normal. Gwalior recorded a maximum of 40.9 degree Celsius which was 1.7 degrees below normal and a minimum of 28.8 degree Celsius.
In Indore, the maximum temperature was 2.3 degrees below normal at 37.6 degree Celsius and minimum temperature was recorded at 25.4 degree Celsius. Jabalpur recorded a maximum of 41.2 degree Celsius and a minimum of 30.2 degree Celsius which was 2.1 degrees above normal.
Hoshangabad recorded a maximum of 42.1 degree Celsius and a minimum of 27.6 degree Celsius. Rewa recorded a maximum temperature of 41 degree Celsius and a minimum of 15.2 degree Celsius which was 12.5 degrees below normal temperature. Notably, this was the lowest night-time temperature recorded in the State.
The highest temperature of 45.4 degree Celsius was recorded at Shivpurkala in Morena district.
Meanwhile, the much-awaited monsoon has further advanced into the Arabian Sea covering entire Goa, central parts of Maharashtra and Telengana in Andhra Pradesh. According to the Met department, the monsoon is likely to cover whole of Madhya Pradesh by June 15.