Rains lash parts of Delhi NCR

The dust storm in the evening came after a scorching sunny afternoon when the average temperature reached around 38 degrees Celsius.

"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-40 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR ( Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Narwana, Karnal, Fatehabad, Rajaund, Assandh, Safidon, Barwala, Jind, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Meham, Sonipat, Kharkhoda, Sohana, Rewari, Palwal, Narnaul, Bawal, Nuh, Aurangabad, Hodal (Haryana) Shamli, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Hastinapur, Baraut, Daurala, Bagpat, Meerut, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Anupshahar, Shikarpur, Khurja, Pahasu, Gabhana, Jattari, Nandgaon (U.P.) Bhiwari, Tizara (Rajasthan), during the next 2 hours, the weather department posted on microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter).

Earlier in the morning, the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 21.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, and the maximum temperature was likely to settle around 40 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

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The city recorded a humidity reading of 39% at 8.30 am.

The weather department said a fresh spell of rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms/lightning and gusty winds was likely over the Western Himalayan Region from 26th-29th and the plains of Northwest India from 26th and 28th and adjoining Central India from 26th-27th April 2024 due to a Western Disturbance over south Iran and adjoining south Pakistan in lower & middle levels and an induced cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan.

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The IMD further said heatwave to severe heatwave conditions will likely prevail in many places over Gangetic West Bengal, in some parts of Odisha, and in isolated pockets over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal during the next 5 days.

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"Heatwave conditions in isolated pockets over Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, East Uttar Pradesh during the next 5 days; Kerala & Mahe during 26th-28th; Konkan during 27th-29th and West Uttar Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam during 28th-30th April 2024," IMD said in a statement.

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Published: 26 Apr 2024, 07:53 PM IST