IMD weather update: On Monday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 41.3 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was 25.2 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity swayed somewhere in the range of 46 and 28 percent.
Two Indigo flights, one from Jabalpur and one from Patna, were also diverted to Jaipur airport, the airport authority said.
The national capital region has been in the center of a heatwave for the past few weeks, with temperatures touching the roof. The sudden change of weather, netizens say on Twitter, is both good and scary.
The 17th-century architectural icon was built in the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan for the main city of Shahjehabad, which currently falls in the Walled City, and is a major tourist attraction in the national capital.
Delhi-NCR dust-storm Updates: A severe dust-storm hit Delhi-NCR on Wednesday evening, following which flight operations at the Delhi Airport have been suspended. Intense rains have been predicted in the next few hours, according to SkyMet. Follow for more updates.
Delhi has been reeling under a haze of dust brought by winds from Rajasthan which has raised the air pollution level to "severe".
"Strong dust raising winds of the order of 25-35 kmph likely to continue over Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and west Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hours," the IMD said.
PM Modi expressed grief over the loss of lives and directed officials to provide all possible assistance to those affected.
New Delhi: Delhi reeled under severe outages as major power lines were damaged in the massive storm crippling electricity supply. Power department officials said electricity network was disrupted as the storm uprooted trees snapping power
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