Dust storm likely in Delhi on Sunday night

June 01, 2014 07:55 pm | Updated October 18, 2016 01:13 pm IST - New Delhi

Another dust storm is likely to hit Delhi later on Sunday night, the weather department has said, two days after a massive storm left nine people dead in the city and surrounding areas.

Thundershowers coupled with high-speed dusty winds had crippled normal live in the city Friday evening, with incidents of falling trees, collapse of walls and electrocution claiming nine lives in Delhi and NCR.

According to the MeT department, another dust storm is likely to hit the national Capital later in the night.

On Sunday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 37.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, while the minimum was recorded at 25.6 degree Celsius, two notches below normal.

Humidity oscillated between 38 to 72 per cent during the last 24 hours.

The >May 30 thunder storm disrupted road traffic, metro services, flight operations and hit power and water supply.

Most areas in city had plunged into darkness immediately after the storm as uprooted trees had snapped power lines while metro train services were disrupted on almost all lines for about an hour due to power failure.

Met department had termed the storm as “cumulonimbus” and attributed it to western disturbance over Pakistan. NCR areas of east Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad were most affected by the storm.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.