Heavy Rains Bring Mercury Down In MP, IMD Issues Orange Alert With Hailstorm Forecast

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an ‘orange’ alert for MP with forecast for hailstorms.

MP received heavy rainfall on Monday morning/Representational Image

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People in some regions of Madhya Pradesh woke up to a rainy morning after some places received heavy showers in the last 24 hours, reported PTI. The rainfall brought a nip in the air as the mercury came down by a few notches, turning the day weather slightly cold. 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an ‘orange’ alert for the central state. The weather department has forecast hailstorms, gusty winds at the speed of 30 to 40 km per hour and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning at isolated places of west and east MP on Monday.

The highest rainfall was recorded in Jhabua district with 110.3 millimetre rainfall while Barwani district recorded 109 mm downpour in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am Monday, as per the PTI report. 

The other regions of west MP like Indore and Bhopal city received 51 mm and 3.6 mm rainfall, respectively, IMD's Bhopal centre senior meteorologist Ashfaq Husain told the news agency. 

A heavy rainfall ranging between 64.5 and 115.5 mm was recorded in nine areas of Barwani district. 

Many parts of west MP and a few places in eastern parts of the state witnessed rainfall in the last 24 hours.

Eastern parts of MP are predicted to receive more showers at isolated places on Monday, Husain said, adding that the rain activity is expected to abate from Tuesday.

Meanwhile twenty people were killed in different parts of Gujarat in lightning strikes during widespread unseasonal rainfall in the state. 

According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), a total of 20 rain-related deaths have been reported so far from different parts of Gujarat.

Four persons died in Dahod district, three in Bharuch, two in Tapi, and one each in Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Botad, Kheda, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar and Devbhumi Dwarka, the SEOC official said.