March 15, New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for thunderstorms accompanied by hail over several parts of north India on Sunday.
The alert covers Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh (eastern parts), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Punjab.
The Met Department has also predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya during the day.
In addition, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and strong winds are likely at isolated places over Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh (eastern parts), Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, and Rajasthan (western parts) today.