• Source:JND

MP Weather: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast partly cloudy sky with a possibility of rain, thunderstorm or duststorm in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal. Heavy rain lashed the city on Wednesday leading to severe waterlogging in multiple areas. There was traffic chaos as vehicles moved on waterlogged roads.

As per the IMD bulletin, active monsoon conditions are likely to continue over many parts of northwest, central, and eastern India during the next 6-7 days with extremely heavy rains (>= 20 cm) at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, western Uttar Pradesh and eastern Rajasthan today. Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls has been recorded at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh and West Madhya Pradesh.

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Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been recorded at isolated places over Odisha, East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, East Rajasthan, Madhya Maharashtra; heavy rainfall at isolated places over West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat state, Jharkhand, Telangana, Konkan and Assam, the press release said.

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According to the press release, thunderstorm accompanied with squally/gusty winds with speed 60-90 kmph at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam; with speed 40-60 kmph at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra, Punjab, West Madhya Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Marathwada, Jharkhand, Konkan, Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rayalaseema, Telangana, Interior Karnataka.

(With Agency Inputs)