Rain In Parts Of UP; Thunderstorms Likely In Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

Monsoon update: Rain and thunderstorms hit parts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The weather office has warned of thundershowers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the next 24 hours.

Rain and thunderstorms hit parts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on Wednesday. In a tweet, the meteorological office warned of "thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rainfall" in Kasganj area of UP and Fatehabad in Haryana. The eastern parts of UP also saw thunderstorm and lightning in the last 24 hours, the weather office said. Varanasi, Sonbhadra, Bahraich, Maharajganj and Siddharthnagar received moderate rainfall, according to the meteorological department. ♦ Moderate to severe thunderstorms accompanied by frequent cloud to ground lightning very likely over Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours. This may cause injuries leading to casualties to people and animals staying outdoors. The day temperatures rose in Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow and Meerut but there was no large change in the remaining parts of the state, the IMD said. The temperatures were below normal in Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Prayagraj. The highest temperature, at 41 degrees Celsius, was recorded in Agra and the lowest at 21 degrees in Fatehgarh. The weather office has warned of thundershowers at isolated places in eastern UP on Thursday as well. The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into most parts of Gujarat, some parts Saurashtra, southeast Rajasthan and some more parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, according to the IMD. "The  northern limit of Southwest Monsoon continues to pass through Barmer, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Ambala and Amritsar," the met department tweeted.