6 die, 8 hurt in MP's weather-linked incidents

Bhopal, May 29 (UNI) Six people were killed and eight injured overnight in Madhya Pradesh's weather-linked incidents even as widespread precipitation made the mercury plummet five to six degrees.

Lightning killed two persons in Shajapur district, one each in Chhindwara and Ujjain. A squall made a house collapse in Raisen district, killing two persons and hurting four while separate incidents of lightning severely injured four persons.

The state capital recorded a high of 36.6 C and low of 21.5 C, Indore 35.7 C and 18.8 C, Gwalior 39.5 C and 23.9 C, Jabalpur 36.3 C and 25.4 C.

''The weather change is due to the monsoon's arrival in Kerala.

It is expected to arrive over this state in the second week of June,'' said Regional Meteorological Centre Director D P Dubey.

Guna received overnight rainfall of 2 cm, while Raisen, Rajgarh, Indore and Gwalior received 1 cm each. Datia was the hottest at 44 C.

Isolated thundershowers are likely in every division over the next 24 hours.

UNI