Thunderstorms and strong surface winds hits the national capital, two dead
Thunderstorms and strong surface winds hits the national capital, two dead
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New Delhi: On Tuesday, Heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and strong surface winds hit the national capital and its neighbourhood areas. The air quality improved to poor category across the city.The city received the wet hex due to western disturbances. It further forecast a cloudy sky throughout the day rain and thundershowers and isolated cases of hailstorm.

While, The city also received light rainfall on Monday evening, with temperatures plunging to 11.5 degrees Celsius, a day after recording the warmest January day since 2012. Delhi recorded the warmest January day since 2012 on Sunday with the maximum temperature settling at 28.7 degrees Celsius, seven notches above the season's average. India Meteorological Department warned that “Another Western Disturbance would affect Northwest India from 24th January onwards,”

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The Safdarjung observatory recorded  that 1.2 mm rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, while Palam recorded 2.8mm, Lodhi Road 0.8mm, Ridge area 0.6mm and Ayanagar 0.6mm rainfall respectively.Humidity oscillated between 98 and 66 per cent.

While, On Monday,  Two workers died in the national capital and another injured after the wall of a warehouse distorted due to rain in Delhi's Najafgarh. As per police report,The deceased have been identified as Jasvir (20) and Karim (25), both residents of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. Due to strong winds and heavy rain that lashed the national capital in the afternoon, the wall gave way and came crashing down on the workers along with the tiles,

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