This Article is From May 05, 2018

More Thunder, Dust Storms Likely Till May 8

MET predicts thunderstorm, accompanied with squall and hail in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Monday.

More Thunder, Dust Storms Likely Till May 8

The weather office also sounded a 72-hour alert till Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Agra District.

New Delhi:

A dust storm, accompanied by rain, wreaked havoc across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, leaving around 125 people dead. The storm swept across Delhi too, but no loss or damages were reported. The India Meteorological Department, on Friday, released a statement forecasting thunderstorms and gusty winds in several Indian states over the weekend.

For Saturday also, the home ministry issued an advisory saying thunderstorm accompanied with squall are very likely at isolated places in Uttarakhand, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds are very likely to occur at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and gangetic West Bengal.

Heavy rains are very likely at isolated places in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura. Dust -storms are very likely at isolated places in Rajasthan, an official said.

It also predicts heat wave conditions over western Rajasthan.

The weather office also sounded a 72-hour alert till Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Agra District and issued a detailed advisory to manage any imminent disaster.

This comes after a 132-kmph dust storm hit the city on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday and killing 44 people.

Agra has witnessed two devastating storms in 20 days. More than 1,400 villages continue to remain without power supply. The trains are also running late in the city, which is home to one of the seven wonders of the world - the Taj Mahal. Two wooden doors of the Taj minarets have been damaged and several trees in the mausoleum have been uprooted because of the deadly storm.

On Monday, May 7, MET predicts thunderstorm, accompanied with squall and hail in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. It also forecasted thunderstorms and gusty winds in Uttarakhand and Punjab.

Heavy rain is expected in North-Eastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Monday, while thunderstorms/dust storm in Rajasthan.

Due to unfavourable weather conditions at Leh, a Go Air Flight from Mumbai to Leh was diverted to Delhi today. 165 passengers were travelling on the flight.

(With Inputs From ANI, PTI)

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