Several regions have witnessed heavy rainfall from the morning on Thursday; rivers and streams have swollen and streets are flooded due to heavy rainfall.
Across the state changed weather conditions are abrupt and there is a possibility of thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and thunder at many places from most places in Madhya Pradesh during the next 24 hours.
Light to moderate rain activities are likely to continue from most places to many places in Madhya Pradesh till the end of the week.
A cyclonic circulation exists over Kutch and one over North Tamil Nadu. A Trough is running from South Sri Lanka Coast to Central Madhya Pradesh and another Trough is running from Jammu to Central Pakistan.
After heavy rains in Alirajpur, many areas were flooded and schools had to be closed due to rain. In Sendhwa too, many roads were submerged after heavy rains. Due to this the rivers and streams came in spate. Due to strong wind and water in Alirajpur, trees fell at many places.
After some scorching sunshine in Bhopal on Thursday morning, there was heavy rain with thunder and lightning. Water logging was witnessed on the roads. In Indore too, the drizzling rain which started at 10 am intensified at 11 am. IndiGo flight from Raipur to Indore had to be diverted to Bhopal due to poor visibility.
Met said that no system is active in the state and there is definitely a Western Disturbance over Pakistan. Due to this there is little moisture from the Arabian Sea side. There is also moisture from the Bay of Bengal due to easterly winds. The temperature rises as the sun sets. It is cloudy in the locality. Due to this it is raining without any system. Such was the weather across the state on Wednesday. It will rain in Jabalpur, Sagar, Shahdol, Bhopal and Narmadapuram in East Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh normal rainfall is about 31 inches of rain from June 1 to August 31, but 38 inches of water has fallen. It has rained 23 percent more than normal. 7 inches more water.