Thunderstorm alert LIVE UPDATES: Shimla hit by severe hailstorm; Delhi, Chandigarh likely to receive rainfall

Thunderstorm alert LIVE UPDATES: Alert issued for Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh districts for the next few hours.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |Updated: May 8, 2018 5:47:46 pm Thunderstorm alert LIVE UPDATES: Met forecast predicts gusty wind today, alert issued across north India

Thunderstorm alert LIVE UPDATES: Met forecast predicts gusty wind today, alert issued across north India

Thunderstorm alert LIVE UPDATES: A dust storm is seen building up over the city of Bikaner on Monday. In a fresh advisory by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), dust storm and heavy rain likely at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, western Rajasthan and states in North-east. (PTI photo)

Thunderstorm alert LIVE UPDATES: Several parts of north India are likely to witness thunderstorm, accompanied by gusty winds and moderate squall on Tuesday. Winds speed is expected to vary between 50 and 70 km per hour, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). IMD issued an alert on Monday saying “under the influence of a western disturbance, a cyclonic circulation over Haryana and a west-east tough from northwest Rajasthan to central Madhya Pradesh in lower levels” will bring light to moderate rainfall in north India. The prediction comes a week after a deadly thunderstorm killed at least 124 people and injured more than 300 in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. In the next 48 hours, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh are expected to witness heavy to moderate rainfall. The wind speed of 50-70 kilometers per hour has been predicted. Also READ | North India could witness thunderstorm, gusty wind | Also Read | Thunderstorm alert: What Delhi should know and prepare for