Rains lash Delhi-NCR, several flights diverted

Saturday evening brought respite for many in the national capital with rainfall. Weatherman had predicted rain and thunderstorm.

Saturday evening brought respite for many in the national capital with rainfall. Weatherman had predicted rain and thunderstorm.

Towards the evening, the sky turned cloudy coupled with moderate dust storm.

As dust storm and rain hit the capital, all flights to Delhi have been held back or diverted. The decision has been taken due to visibility drop to 500 metres with winds at 72 kmph.

The Met department had earlier today predicted that there will be strong winds of 70-80 kmph this evening, and light rain.

The maximum temperature was recorded at 40.5 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year.

It was a hot and humid morning in the city with the minimum temperature settling at 32 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season's normal.

Humidity level oscillated between 68 and 44 per cent.

The weatherman has forecast the possibility of light rains/thundershower, accompanied with squall, on Saturday.

The skies will remain cloudy tomorrow with the minimum and maximum temperatures likely to settle around 31 and 39 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature yesterday settled at 41.4 degrees Celsius, whereas the minimum temperature was 29.2 degrees Celsius.

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