Heavy rainfall continued to disrupt normal life across the State at several places while warning of heavy rainfall has been issued by Met department for around a dozen districts in the next 24 hours.
State capital witnessed light and heavy showers for brief periods during the day and is likely to witness rainfall in the next 24 hours. Within next 3-4 days rainfall is less likely to be witnessed and around August 22 good rainfall would occur, told met department. A low pressure area is likely to develop over North Bay of Bengal around August 19. A low pressure area over southwest Madhya Pradesh has move over Northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining East Rajasthan.
Met department has issued warning of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours for Neemuch, Mandsaur, Khargone, Ujjain, Ratlam, Dhar, Shajapur, Agar, Burhanpur, Alirajpur and Jhabua districts.
The Indore and Ujjain divisions have witnessed rainfall at most of the places while Bhopal, Shahdol and Hoshangabad divisions recorded rainfall at several places in the past 24 hours.
According to the forecast in the next 24 hours same weather conditions would prevail and most of the places in Indore and Ujjain divisions would witness several places in Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Hoshangabad divisions.
Bhikabgaon recorded the highest rainfall at 23 cm in the past 24 hours. Shegoan recorded 21 cm of rainfall, Khandwa and Burhanpur recorded 17 cm of rainfall, Thikri and Sendhwa recorded 13 cm of rainfall, Badwani recorded 12 cm of rainfall and Jhabua recorded 11 cm of rainfall.