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High Alert! Thunderstorm and rains likely to hit the North Indian plains on Sunday

Speed News Desk 12 May 2018, 17:52 IST

High Alert! Thunderstorm and rains likely to hit the North Indian plains on Sunday

The North Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and J&K are likely to witness a thunderstorm accompanied by squall and rains, whereas, the areas in Rajasthan will face dust storm ove r the next two days, confirmed IMD.

The Thunderstorm over these hill-states states and its subsequent effect on plains in north Indian is due to a new western disturbance from tomorrow. The western disturbance originates in the Mediterranian Sea and brings sudden rainfall to the northwestern parts of India.

"Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds also very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Telangana, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Kerala," an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) advisory said.

However, the talks of a strong storm hitting the Northern plains but no such violent winds have hit Delhi or Haryana.

Several states in North India have witnessed erratic weather problem pattern over the last fortnight. UP and Rajasthan together have witnessed over 120 deaths due to the thunderstorm and the violent winds.

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