New Delhi: Providing a much-needed respite from the sweltering heat in the national capital, hailstorms and rain occurred in parts of Delhi. Isolated pockets have reported drizzling with strong winds, which in turn has brought down the mercury and left a cool breeze in the aftermath.
People in Rohini, Pitampura and Paschim Vihar reported hailstorms at around 2 pm along with a bout of rain and strong winds. South Delhi witnessed the same a couple of hours later.
#hailstorm in Rohini Delhi #thandathandacoolcool pic.twitter.com/d3f0NwTvlL
— Amandeep Singh (@eransingh) May 4, 2022
Earlier in the morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a yellow alert, warning of a dust storm, thunderstorm or hail storm with winds gusting up to 50 kilometres per hour in the national capital. It later updated the alert to the orange category.
#DelhiRains
Ashoka Garden opposite LaxmiBai College AshokVihar Delhi #Hailstorm once again at 5:45 PM
Many tree branches fell !!
No one injured thou pic.twitter.com/dWo0wKVSju— Sunil Kakrania (@sunilkakrania) May 4, 2022
The maximum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s base station, is likely to settle around 38 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature was recorded at 28.8 degrees Celsius which was four notches above normal for this time of the year. As a result of a western disturbance affecting northwest India, a cloudy sky is predicted over the capital for the next three days, the IMD had said. The mercury is set to rise by four to five notches over the next six days. However, no heat wave is predicted.
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