Bhopal. With the arrival of monsoon in Madhya Pradesh, it is raining continuously everywhere. Umaria received more than five inches of rain in nine hours on Monday, while Mandla received two and a half inches of rain. Rainfall continues in Bhopal, Jabalpur, Damoh, Narmadapuram, Narsinghpur, Seoni, Chhatarpur, Sagar, Khandwa, Dhar, Raisen, Chhindwara, Satna, Betul and Bhopal districts.
Monsoon had entered Madhya Pradesh on Saturday and it covered the entire state on Sunday. Along with this, the period of heavy rain started here. It rained heavily in most areas of the state on Monday. It rained maximum in the eastern areas of the state. In just nine hours between Monday morning and 5.30 pm, maximum rainfall of 132.0 mm was recorded in Umaria, 63.0 mm in Mandla and 28.1 mm in Jabalpur. According to the Meteorological Department, continuous moisture is coming from the Bay of Bengal, due to which the period of heavy rain will continue for the next three days across the state.
Continuous rains continued in Jabalpur on Monday. It rained about two and a half inches till evening. Due to which the situation of waterlogging was created in the streets and colonies of the city. At the same time, many rivers and drains came in spate in the district.
Rain alert in these districts
According to the Meteorological Department, till June 29, heavy rainfall is expected at many places and extremely heavy rainfall at some places. There may be heavy rains for three to four consecutive days in many districts including Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Rajgarh, Narmadapuram, Betul, Harda, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Mandla. Apart from this, there may be heavy rainfall in Sehore, Narmadapuram, Betul, Harda, Ujjain, Dewas, Shajapur, Agar-Malwa, Mandsaur, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat between June 29.
Senior meteorologist Ajay Shukla told that at present several systems are active simultaneously. On one hand, a low pressure area has formed over the northwestern part of the Bay of Bengal and adjoining Odisha and Bengal. Along with this, an east-west trough has formed from North Punjab to a low pressure area around Odisha, which is going through Uttar Pradesh, North-West Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to Odisha. A cyclone has formed in the upper part of the air over the Arabian Sea and adjoining Gujarat. Due to the effect of these systems, it is raining heavily in Madhya Pradesh.
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