The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday predicted "light to moderate rain at a few places with thunderstorm & lightning with gusty winds speed reaching 40-50 kilometres per hour (kmph) at one or two places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area."
IMD has predicted moderate rain and thundershower alerts in Mumbai and Palghar districts of Maharashtra, while alerts have been issued for lightning, thunderstorms and moderate rain in Thane and Raigad.
According to the IMD release, heavy to very heavy rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, is likely to occur in Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim over the next 5-6 days. The region is also expected to experience fairly widespread to widespread light to mode
A powerful windstorm that swept across Nepal on May 17 claimed four lives and injured 28 others, according to Nepal Police. The storm caused widespread destruction of property and infrastructure, with damages estimated at over NPR 1.08 billion. Dozens of fire and lightning incidents were als
The last respects were paid to CRPF officer Maharabam Prabo Singh on Saturday, who lost his life after being struck by lightning during an anti-Maoist operation on May 15 in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday expressed grief over the loss of lives due to lightning strikes in Balrampur and Kushinagar districts.
Among the three injured jawans, one is an assistant commandant of the CRPF identified as Subir Kumar Mandal while two others include Suresh Bhagat and Chandlal Hansda are jawans of the Chaibasa Police.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Telangana, forecasting thunderstorms and light to moderate rainfall across the state for the next five days.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each to the family of the deceased who died in a lightning strike in the state.
According to the Meteorological office, the weather is likely to remain the same for two days which cause rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds in various parts of the state. The Met office has also predicted that some districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh are likely to recei