Updated: May 13, 2018 10:28 PM IST 
Gurugram/Delhi/NCR, May 13: Dust storm along with strong winds and rain lashed Delhi-NCR on Sunday. Following the bad weather, flight movements at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were also put on hold. Vistara’s Srinagar flight to Delhi has been diverted to Amritsar following bad weather conditions.
Several parts of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are also likely to witness thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds today.
The India Meteorological Department on Saturday predicted that Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in all likelihood may witness thunderstorm accompanied with squall, while parts of Rajasthan might see dust storm over the next two days i.e, Sunday and Monday.
#WATCH: Weather took a turn in Gurugram as strong winds hit the city this afternoon. #Haryana pic.twitter.com/XMvvLbv3ZZ
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2018
Haryana: Skies in Faridabad turn dark as strong winds & dust storm hit the region. pic.twitter.com/0keQzFSYBX
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2018
Thunderstorm accompanied with squall with wind speed reaching 50-70 kilometres per hour are “very likely” at isolated places over east Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand, the IMD advisory said. “Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds also very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh, Vidharbha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Telangana, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Kerala,” it added.
Haryana: Skies in Faridabad turn dark as strong winds & dust storm hit the region. pic.twitter.com/0keQzFSYBX — ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2018
#WATCH: Skies in Faridabad turn dark as strong winds & dust storm hit the region. #Haryana pic.twitter.com/VRDn8AsGIP
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2018
Earlier in the first week of May, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have alone witnessed over 120 deaths due to thunderstorm and violent winds. Meanwhile, several states in north India have witnessed erratic weather pattern over the fortnight.
Trees in #Delhi's Dhaula Kuan area have fallen down after heavy rainfall & thunderstorm struck the region. pic.twitter.com/7BlrRE7KC0
— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2018
Trees collapsed in Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan area after heavy rainfall and thunderstorm struck the region.
Reportedly, eight people died due to lightning in Kolkata. Of the eight people who died in Kolkata, four were children.
Overall, nine people got killed in Uttar Pradesh after the storm hit the state. 34 got injured, reported ANI.
One woman died and 18 got injured when the dust storm hit Delhi.
One woman dead and one man were seriously injured after a hoarding fell on them due to heavy dust storm in Greater Noida.
One killed and injured in Ghaziabad after a tree fell on them near Lal Kuan Shiv temple during the thunderstorm.
Heavy rainfall and lightning kills 4 children in WestBengal’s Howrah.
Metro services between Indraprastha and Karol Bagh metro stations have been disrupted after a tree fell on the tracks of the route between Rajiv Chowk to RK Ashram metro stations. Metros going towards Dwarka have also been affected.
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