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NEW DELHI, FEB 29
At least 14 flights were diverted from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday due to heavy rains in the national capital.
The flights were diverted to Lucknow, Amritsar, Ahmedabad and Jaipur due to the bad weather.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said the recent satellite images and Delhi, Patiala, and Jaipur radars have shown convective clouds in north India resulting in thunderstorm and rain.
“These convective clouds are over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and NCR and adjoining areas,” the IMD tweeted.
Recent Satellite and Delhi, Patiala, and Jaipur Radars shows convective clouds over Jammu, Kashmir Ladak, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and NCR and adj. areas. These areas likely to get thunderstorm & precipitation as per forecast. pic.twitter.com/UEtRmNA36K
— IMD Weather (@IMDWeather) February 29, 2020
“These areas likely to get thunderstorm and precipitation as per forecast,” the IMD said.
According to information available on a Delhi airport website, two Spice Jet flights, SG8718 from Bengaluru and SG942 from Shirdi, were diverted to Jaipur .
Meanwhile, Narkanda town in Shimla district received snowfall today