Thunderstorms accompanied by squall, hail and heavy rain are likely to occur in at least 13 States and two Union Territories across the country on Monday, the Home Ministry said.
Quoting an advisory of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a Home Ministry spokesperson said thunderstorm and rain would occur over some places in Delhi and adjoining NCR, including Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Khurja, Greater Noida, and Bulandshahr.
As many as 124 people were killed and more than 300 others were injured in five States as a severe dust storm hit the region last week.
The villages around Agra took the major hit as 48 people died due to the thunderstorms and dust storm. Around 19 deaths were reported in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur.
late at night, in West Bengal seven people were injured and about 200 houses were collapsed in a wind storm in Nadia, District Magistrate Sumit Gupta said. The storm with a speed of about 90 to 100 km per hour lashed places such as Ranaghat, Hanskhali and Krishnagar.
Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma directed all Government and private schools to remain closed on May 7, 8 in view of rain and thunderstorm warning by the IMD.
Thunderstorms accompanied with squall and hail are very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh while thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds are very likely on Monday at isolated places in Uttarakhand and Punjab.
Heavy rain is likely on Monday at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, a Home Ministry official said on Sunday quoting an Indian Meteorological Department advisory.
Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds are very likely at isolated places over J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Western Uttar Pradesh.
Dust storm and thunderstorm are also likely at isolated places in West Rajasthan, the official said.
According to the MET department, parts of Western Uttar Pradesh like Meerut, Hapur, Bijnor and Muzzafarnagar will witness thunderstorm with rain.