The intense spell may turn out to be one of the heaviest witnessed in recent years, while police said three subways were closed and in view of inundation and traffic moved at a snail's pace in at least 14 arterial city thoroughfares.
The southern state was ravaged by heavy downpour and subsequent landslides in the south-central districts on October 15 and 16 which resulted in the loss of 42 lives and six people going missing.
The alert. which is valid till Sunday morning, has come at a time when the mercury has dipped below 20 degrees Celsius, marking the onset of winter in the state.
According to the IMD, heavy rainfall (64.5 mm to 115.5 mm) with thunderstorm and lightning may hit isolated places of Sagar, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Tikamgarh, Panna, Niwari, Rewa, Satna, Anuppur, Umaria, Dindori, Katni and Narsinghpur districts.
In the past two decades, lightning activity has shown an increasing trend in the country, especially in the northeast, east and parts of peninsular India.
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The MeT department has issued an orange weather warning of heavy to very heavy rains in plains and mid-hills on July 12 and 13 July and yellow weather warning for July 14 and 15.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed pain at the loss of lives in various parts of the country due to lightning and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased.
Those on the watch tower fell when lightning struck late in the evening
The incident took place at a hill in the Kundoli proposed reserve forest in the Kathiatoli range on Wednesday night.
The four survivors are being treated in hospital for severe burns
Transport operations resumed in the state after Cyclone Nivar made landfall near Puducherry.
According to a statement, the deaths in lighting strikes happened in 23 districts of the state, with Gopalganj accounting for the maximum number of casualties at 13.
The deaths in lightning strikes occurred since Tuesday night, police said.
Thirty-five persons have been killed due to lightning in various parts of Uttar Pradesh as heavy rains lashed across the state.
The cyclone will move northwestwards and reach near north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts on April 30.
Several parts of north and central India have been witnessing thunderstorms, dust storms, lightning and heavy rains since Sunday.
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