BHOPAL: The Regional Met Department in Bhopal has issued fresh alerts for divisions across the state. Indore, Bhopal, and several other districts are under red watch in view of hail and thunderstorms, on Sunday morning.
Shajapur, Dewas, Sehore, Raisen, Narmadapuram, Sagar, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Damoh, Seoni, and Chhindwara are also on red alert for heavy rain, gusty winds with frequent lightening and hail.
In the past 24 hours, 15.5mm rainfall was recorded taking the total rainfall in April month to 24.6 mm. Waterlogged roads were reported from low-lying areas.
On Saturday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 31.4 degrees Celsius, which was nine degrees below normal, and the minimum temperature was 19.1 degrees, four degrees below normal.
It is worth noting that it is for the first time in a decade, temperatures in April did not go beyond 40 degrees in the state. The feat has been attributed to the Western Disturbance, cyclonic circulation, and Dronika, which caused moisture from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal to be present in the region, resulting in cloudy summers.