Bhopal: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for many districts of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. Due to the deep pressure over the Bay of Bengal, heavy rains have occurred over large areas of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh in the last few days. Though the weather conditions are improving, no alert has been issued for most of these states today. According to an update shared by the IMD, the depression was centered over Madhya Pradesh on Sunday night – about 60 km north-northeast of Umaria. “To move west-northwestwards over north Madhya Pradesh and to weaken into a well-marked low pressure area during the next 24 hours,” the Meteorological Department said.
The IMD has issued a ‘very heavy to very heavy’ warning for 13 districts and has declared an orange alert and a yellow alert, predicting heavy rain and lightning in most parts of the state.
Red alert issued for many districts of Madhya Pradesh:
Neemuch
Mandsaur
Ratlam
Ujjain
agar-malwa
dewas
Rajgarh
fold
Vidisha
Raisen
Bhopal
Sehore
Shajapur
According to an earlier update by Ved Prakash Singh, senior meteorologist at IMD’s Bhopal centre, the fresh spell of rain that started on Friday evening is likely to continue till Tuesday. Due to the deep pressure, rain has lashed East Madhya Pradesh and its adjoining areas, which spread across the state on Sunday.
