One died in unseasonal rain in MP

Bhopal, May 17 (UNI) A youth was killed in a wall collapse in Madhya Pradesh today where life was thrown out of gear after unseasonal rains lashed the state.

Sachin Sharma (25) was killed after a wall collapsed in the municipal corporation colony at Narsinghpur.

''A cyclonic circulation exists above Vidarbha and as a direct consequence, drizzles are expected to continue for the next couple of days,'' Regional Meteorological Centre Director D P Dubey told UNI.

Precipitation was recorded at Indore, Dewas, Khargone and Narsinghpur districts. More than 50 trees felled by inclement weather in Narsinghpur and its environs and road traffic was affected.

An early monsoon is expected to break here around June 11.

The state's maximum temperature was 43 degrees C at Sheopur and the day temperature at the citadel town Gwalior was 39 C, four notches below normal. The maximum at the cantonment town Jabalpur was 39.3, Satna 39.5 and Rewa 37.0.

Bhopal recorded a high of 39.9 C.

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