Madhya Pradesh: IMD issues heavy rain warning for 24 districts
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued an ‘Orange Alert’ warning of “heavy to very heavy” rain in 24 districts of Madhya Pradesh, as rain continued to lash large parts of the state. PK Saha, senior meteorologist at IMD Bhopal office, said the alert was valid till Sunday morning.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning might occur in isolated places in the districts of Jabalpur, Rewa, Satna, Anuppur, Umarai, Dindori, Katni, Narsinghpur, Mandla, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Vidisha and Sehore, Rajgarh, Betul, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Dewas, Agar Malwa, Ashok Nagar and Shivpuri, he said.
Apart from this, rain or thundershowers are likely to occur in most of the state’s ten divisions, including Bhopal, Indore and Chambal, Saha told PTI.
He said that Susner in Agar-Malwa district received the highest rainfall of 211 mm in western Madhya Pradesh in the 24 hours that ended at 8.30 am on Saturday.
During this period, Umaria city received the highest rainfall of 170.5 mm in East Madhya Pradesh.
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