Weather dept forecasts thunderstorm for Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland

Last week, a major thunderstorm and dust storm devastated several lives in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu-Kashmir, and Delhi, among others. A lot of people lost their life in the thunderstorm, 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 came on May 2 and more than 100 people had died in north India.

After the thunderstorm in western region of India, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted cycle of rain and thunder over northeast and east India over the next three days.

On Friday, IMD predicted more rainfall for Karnataka too as last night, it rained heavily in Bengaluru. Light to moderate rain is predicted for Karnataka for today as well. “We are expecting light to moderate rainfall in Karnataka on Saturday. At isolated places, we are expecting heavy rainfall, accompanied with wind. It might also rain during the day but with less frequency,” CS Patil, an official from the meteorological department had told news agency ANI.

Thunderstorm accompanied with wind speed reaching 50-­70 kmp at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Trupura, the IMD says.

The Met Department says that isolated instances of thunderstorms and wind spped are likely over the eastern part of the country over the next three days.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has predicted the possibility of heat-wave conditions across Rajasthan, the Vidarbha region and western Madhya Pradesh. IMD has also predicted heat-wave conditions conditions over parts of western India while thunderstorm conditions may prevail for the eastern part of the country.

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