Summary:
Red and Orange alerts are issued in these areas of Madhya Pradesh.
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IMD on Sunday has issued alerts over 26 districts of Madhya Pradesh, warning for extremely heavy rainfall. A "red alert" is issued for the former category, while an "orange alert" is issued for the latter.
"Showers ranging from 115.6 mm to 204.5 mm or above, along with thunderstorms and lightning, are very likely at isolated places in Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Datia, Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Neemuch and Mandsaur," PK Saha, a senior meteorologist at the IMD`s regional office in Bhopal, informed about districts for which the red alert has been sounded.
Saha further forecasts rainfall in the range of 64.5 mm to 204.4 mm, along with thunderstorms and lightning, at isolated places in 16 other districts.
These are Bhopal, Rewa, Sidhi, Satna, Singrauli, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Panna, Tikamgarh, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore, Vidisha, and Agar-Malwa.
The official further projected rains in most districts under 10 revenue divisions including Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Chambal, and Ujjain.
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