Downpours to lash MP

Bhopal, Aug 3 (UNI) After a roughly fortnight-long break, heavy rain is likely over entire Madhya Pradesh over the next few days courtesy a system forming in the Bay of Bengal.

''Upper air cyclonic circulation is forming on the Orissa coast and will advance towards this state, in the form of a low-pressure area,'' Regional Meteorological Centre Director D P Dubey said here today.

The state capital witnessed late afternoon downpours. Overnight precipitation figures were Tendukheda 7 cm; Harda, Khajuraho 6 cm each; Maihar, Raisen, Ratlam, Morena and Sehore 3 cm each.

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