IMD issues thunderstorm, lightning warning for Delhi on Thursday

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department on Wednesday issued a warning that Delhi and its adjoining areas such as Noida, Gurguram, Faridabad, and Ghaziabad are likely to witness thunderstorm and lightning on Thursday (April 25).

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Besides Delhi and NCR region, Rajasthan which has been witnessing dry weather from the past few days is also likely to reel under heat wave conditions in the next 24 hours. Another Northern state, Himachal Pradesh will also receive rain showers and thundershower activities during this period, while rain in Uttarakhand will be isolated.

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According to the weather experts, the Western disturbance will keep giving weather activities over all the three hilly states until April 25. Thereafter, the weather will move eastward leading to dry conditions once again.Today, the region is expected to witness scattered dust storm and thundershower activities to commence over Northwest and West Rajasthan.

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" Similar weather conditions would prevail in the region till April 25. Places like Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Churu, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Barmer, and Jodhpur might experience dust storm activities followed by light thundershowers or thunderstorms. During this period, there are chances that wind speed might reach 50-60 kmph gusting at 70 kmph," added Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency. (ANI)

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