Rain clouds hover over in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted bouts of rain and thunder over parts of north, northeast and east India over the next three days. Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are likely to witness thunderstorm accompanied with squall, while parts of Rajasthan might see dust storm over the next two days. Thunderstorm accompanied with squall with wind speed reaching 50-70 kilometres per hour are “very likely” at isolated places over east Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.
This development comes after last week’s thunderstorm and dust storm across isolated places in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu-Kashmir, and Delhi, among others. The storm on May 9 had claimed more than 16 lives in UP. Dust storm, rains and thunder had claimed the lives of as many as 100 animals in J&K’s Rajouri district. The thunderstorm, dust storm and rainfall on May 2 proved to be worse as more than 100 people were killed in north India.
Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are likely to witness thunderstorm accompanied with squall, while parts of Rajasthan might see dust storm over the next two days, the IMD said today. Several states in north India have witnessed erratic weather pattern over the fortnight. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have alone witnessed over 120 deaths due to thunderstorm and violent winds in the first week of May.
Rains lashed Ludhiana at 3.45 pm today, more downpour is expected later in the day. (Express photo/Gurmeet Singh)
Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed reaching 50-70 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Trupura, the IMD says.
The posibility of rainfall over Bengaluru is high today.
The Met Department says that isolated instances of thunderstorms and squalls are likely over the eastern part of the country over the next three days.
The IMD predicts that thunder-squalls and heavy rainfall are very likely to occur at isolated place over northeast India.
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