Fri, May 10, 2024
The weather office has forecast thunderstorm with rain on Saturday with maximum and minimum temperatures likely to settle at 39 and 29 degrees Celsius, respectively.
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Wed, Jun 12, 2019
According to MeT department officials, the temperature at 2.30 pm was 40 degrees Celsius and at 5.30 pm, it was 40.2 degrees. Following the duststorm and thunderstorm, the mercury fell down to 30 degrees Celsius at 8.30 pm.
Tue, May 08, 2018
The intense dust storm and thundershowers in North Rajasthan and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh killed 130 people last week. The deaths were attributed to due to uprooting of trees, electric shocks, lighting strikes, house collapses and vehicular accidents.
Fri, Apr 06, 2018
The dust storm had plunged Delhi into darkness and this had an effect on the traffic as the lights went off causing pandemonium in various large intersections across the city. To add to the misery was the fact that due to the dust, the visibility was down to a few metres and the assault of the wind and dust particles on the eyes had many people rubbing them to get relief. The effect in Lutyens' Delhi was spellbinding though as the major edifices were spectacularly covered by dust even as the drizzle tried to cut through the shroud.
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