Several Flights Diverted From Delhi; Heatwave To Continue Over East India
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread light to moderate rainfall and snowfall, accompanied by isolated thunderstorms over north-east India till April 29 and rainfall over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Odisha, and Sikkim for the next 2-3 days.
It also predicted isolated rainfall, thunderstorms, and lightning over Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, and several parts of South India during the next three to four days.
Meanwhile, weather took a sudden change in national capital Delhi on Tuesday evening as as rain lashed several parts of Delhi. Consequent of the bad weather, 15 flights were diverted on Tuesday evening from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
On the other hand, heat wave to severe heat wave conditions very likely to prevail in some pockets over Gangetic West Bengal and in isolated pockets over Odisha during next 5 days.
Heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over Interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during next 5 days; Tamil Nadu on April 23 & 24; Jharkhand, Bihar, Telangana, East Uttar Pradesh during April 24- 27 and West Uttar Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam during April 25-27; Konkan on April 27.
