Bhopal

Heavy rain, hailstorms likely to continue

Unseasonal rains, hailstorms and strong thunderstorms will continue in Madhya Pradesh for the time being.

Bhopal |Unseasonal rains, hailstorms and strong thunderstorms will continue in Madhya Pradesh for the time being. Although there was some relief from rain and hail on Wednesday, cloudy weather conditions remained in Bhopal.

Now the new system has become active from March 22, which will remain till March 26. Due to this, hail will fall again in many districts of the state, then there will be a storm with a speed of 40 to 60 km per hour. This is the third system in the month of March.

According to meteorologists, weather disturbances happen only once or twice in March, but this time the weather has changed thrice.

For the third time, the effect of the changed weather will be seen across the state. Hailstorm may also occur in Bhopal, Gwalior, Datia, Narmadapuram districts along with Jabalpur, Shahdol, Chambal divisions.

In the last 24 hours, Betul, Morena, Sagar, Narmadapuram Mandla received rainfall.

In the second phase, due to hailstorm, the roads of many cities were covered with hail and a view like Kashmir was seen.

Met told that a cyclone has formed over Rajasthan and at the same time, a trough line has come from Sri Lanka towards North Madhya Pradesh. Although it is not as strong as the previous two systems, its effect will remain across the state. Weather disturbance will have more effect from 24th March onwards. Before this the weather is likely to remain clear.

Hail fell in almost every district of the state in March. Due to this the crops suffered the most. In the second phase too, heavy rain, storm and hail destroyed the crops.

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