Dust storm, light rain hit parts of Delhi-NCR; IMD predicts more showers, strong winds
Parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) witnessed a
dust storm
followed by light rain on Sunday evening, shortly after the
India Meteorological Department
(IMD) issued a forecast for showers and strong winds.
According to the IMD, southern parts of the city were likely to receive very light to light rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and wind speeds ranging from 30–40 kmph, gusting up to 50 kmph. The weather activity was attributed to an east-southeastward moving cloud cluster, ANI reported.
Earlier in the day, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 27.2 degrees Celsius, marginally above the seasonal average by 0.3 degrees. The maximum temperature was expected to settle around 38 degrees Celsius.
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The city's air quality remained in the 'moderate' category on Sunday morning, with the
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