New Delhi, May 4: Thunder-like squall, hail and dust storm is likely to occur over the next 24 hours in northern states of India in the next 48 hours, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Thursday. The weather monitoring agency on Friday has issued weather warning for the next five days from May 3 to May 7, 2018.

In its release, the IMD stated that a Western Disturbance is laying as a trough in middle & upper-level westerlies. Also, intense heating had been taking place over plains of northwest India particularly over south Haryana, south Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh during the past several days.

A day after dust storm and rains claimed over 100 lives in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, the IMD has now issued thunderstorm warning for states including Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim and Odisha. In its release, the IMD informed that thunderstorm is likely to be accompanied with gusty winds at isolated places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, East Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, south Karnataka, interior Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Here’s the IMD forecast for the next 4 days:

May 4:

  1. A thunderstorm accompanied with squall very likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand and thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan.

  2. Dust storm/ Thunderstorm very likely at isolated places over West Rajasthan.

May 5

  1. Thunderstorm accompanied with squall very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

May 6

  1. A thunderstorm accompanied with squall and hail very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

  2. A thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds very likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand and Punjab.

May 7

  1. A thunderstorm accompanied with squall and hail very likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh.

  2. A thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh.

  3. Dust storm/ Thunderstorm very likely at isolated places over West Rajasthan.

In wake of the bad weather conditions, Agra in Uttar Pradesh has been put on a-72-hour weather alert till Monday. It must be noted that Agra has witnessed two devastating storms in 20 days. More than 1,400 villages continue to remain without power supply, an official said.

Agra District Magistrate Gaurav Dayal said and issued a detailed advisory to manage any imminent disaster. This comes after a 132-kmph dust storm hit the city on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday bringing heavy showers and hailstorm that killed 44 people and destroyed properties worth in crores.

IMD described Wednesday’s storms as a ‘freak incident’ and said it was caused due to western disturbance-induced cyclonic circulation, high moisture brought by easterly winds and the recent spell of unusually high temperatures. “There is a high probability that winds will intensify in the next 48 hours in Rajasthan, which may lead to another dust storm. It will affect areas of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan border, especially Karauli and Dholpur,” IMD scientist Himanshu Sharma told PTI.

IMD states that there is a high probability that winds will intensify in the next 3 days in Rajasthan, which may lead to another dust storm. India’s weather monitoring agency added that heavy rain is "very likely" at isolated places over Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura and south interior Karnataka today.

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