Monsoon update: Thunderstorms, rain in parts of Delhi-NCR, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan in next few hours, predicts IMD

IMD's prediction comes amid criticism over forecasting the advancement of the Southwest Monsoon.

New Delhi: Amid criticism over forecasting the advancement of the Southwest Monsoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday (July 13, 2021) predicted thunderstorms and rain in parts of Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan during the next few hours. In a tweet around 6:30 AM, the weather department said that thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain and winds with speed of 20-40 km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of South-West Delhi, South Delhi (Jafarpur, Dwarka, Palam, Ayanagar, Deramandi), NCR (Gurugram, Manesar, Ballabhgarh), Rohtak, Meham, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Nuh, Sohana, Palwal (Haryana), Kasganj (UP) during the next few hours. It has also predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over Rajaund, Safidon, Narwana,  Karnal, Kosli, (Haryana) and Bhiwadi (Rajasthan).