Karachi was caught off guard on Saturday morning when a dust storm that travelled from west Pakistan disturbed the normal life there with visibility reduced to less than or about 500 metres.
Narkhed, Akola, Murtijapur, Aurangabad, Vaijapur, Paithan, Jalna, Srirampur, Jalgaon are some of the Maharashtra areas that witnessed heavy hailstorm almost spreading a sheet of white.
There was an improvement in the minimum temperatures on Tuesday night at most of the places in the Kashmir Valley on the 2nd day of Chilla-i-Kalan, the officials said.
Severe waterlogging was experienced in the national capital as it experienced heavy downpour over the past few days.
Mumbai has been experiencing incessant rainfall with waterlogging and inundation witnessed across the city. watch ground report.
Oregon health officials said late Wednesday more than 60 deaths have been tied to the heat, with the state’s largest county, Multnomah, blaming the weather for 45 deaths since the heat wave began Friday.
Much of the US East Coast is expected to witness temperatures top 32 degrees Celsius until Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Humidity was recorded at 67 per cent at 8.30 am.
Similar weather conditions are predicted over Andaman and Nicobar Islands where gusty wind blow with speed up to 40-50 kmph is very likely at isolated places.
According to officials, the maximum temperature is likely to settle around 37 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted light to moderate rainfall in all the 33 districts of Gujarat on Sunday and Monday.
The record-breaking temperatures this week are a weather emergency, scientists and health care experts say, with heat responsible for more deaths in the US than all other natural disasters combined.
However, there could be slow progress into some parts of UP during the next 5 days in association with the existing cyclonic circulation over east UP in the lower levels.
"The southwest monsoon has reached all parts of HP. Last year it had reached the state on June 24," Manmohan Singh, Director of the meteorological office, informed.
The day temperature in Karauli was 43.6 degrees Celsius while Chittorgarh and Pilani sizzled at 43.3 degrees Celsius, according to a Met report issued in Jaipur.
The weather system is likely to cause temporary disruptions on surface transport especially over passes like Zojila, Srinagar-Jammu, Leh-Manali Highway, Mughal Road due to landslides, low temperature and heavy snowfall.
The weather department on Tuesday predicted heavy rainfall in Goa due to Cyclone Vayu, prompting the authorities to close the shoreline for swimming.
Covered in a blanket of fog and haze, the national capital on Sunday recorded 3.7 degrees Celsius -- the coldest day this December with the air quality remaining 'severe', the Meteorological Department said.
The day temperatures were above normal in Faizabad, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Moradabad, Jhansi and Meerut.
According to the weather department, the national capital is likely to be unleashed with heavy rains that will be accompanied with strong winds this evening.
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