Rain, Dust Storm To Hit Parts Of Delhi-NCR Today: IMD

Rain along with dust storms is expected to hit parts of Delhi-NCR in the next two hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted on Sunday night.

"Dust storms, thunderstorms with rain and gusty winds speed of 40-60 Km per hour would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of Delhi, NCR (Bahadurgarh, Gurugram) Hansi, Meham, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Nuh (Haryana) during next 2 hours," tweeted India Meteorological Department in its latest bulletin. 

Meanwhile, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Sunday said light to moderate spells of rain coupled with thunderstorms and gusty winds are very likely to occur in Delhi in the next 24 hours.

IMD on Sunday shared the latest satellite and radar images which showed the possibility of moderate to intense spells of rain accompanied by thunderstorms over some parts of Rajasthan and adjoining areas of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat Region and adjoining Madhya Pradesh.

"Light to moderate isolated thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds activity over Himachal Pradesh, southeast Uttar Pradesh, south Odisha-north, coastal Andhra Pradesh-south, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic west Bengal, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu and adjoining north-south interior of Karnataka, Vidarbha, Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands during the night time", IMD further said.

Earlier on 27 May, parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds. The sudden change in weather brought respite from the hot weather conditions prevailing over North India.

IMD on Saturday issued an orange alert for Haryana, North-East Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and said that there is a possibility of thunderstorms in Delhi for the next 3-4 days. 

ANI