Met issues heavy rainfall warning for Indore

Indore | Tuesday | 19th September, 2017

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INDORE: The weather department on Monday issued a warning of heavy rainfall in Indore, Jhabua, Khandwa, Dhar, Burhanpur, Ujjain, Dewas and Sahajapur for the next 24 hours The warning says that Indore district along with Khandwa, Khargone and Dhar are likely to receive heavy rain at isolated places during the 24 hours.In the past 24 hours, Jhabua recorded 60.6mm rainfall, while Ujjain recorded 27.0 mm rainfall. Indore in the past few days had witnessed heavy rainfall at isolated places leading to water logging and traffic jams at different parts of the city. The relative humidity on Monday morning was recorded as 84%, while the humidity in evening was recorded as 75%.Till Monday, Indore received 829.1mm rainfall this season. This will result in good rainfall for the entire state especially south west MP, including parts of Indore division," said, senior Met scientist from IMD Bhopal circle Shailendra Kumar Naik.Residents in Indore woke up to overcast skies on Monday in anticipation of heavy rainfall during the day but the doors of heaven did not open throughout the day. The day remained relatively humid owing to the overcast skies..