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Rain, thunderstorm to hit western Uttar Pradesh today: IMD 

Rain, thunderstorm to hit western Uttar Pradesh today: IMD 

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Meanwhile, the IMD announced no sight of monsoon for Delhi and the adjoining areas for the coming week

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted thunderstorm and rain accompanied with a dust storm for Western Uttar Pradesh. According to the IMD, Western UP is likely to witness dust storm, rain and thunderstorm in the next two hours.

As per the IMD, the monsoon is hovering over Maharashtra in the west and parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Assam in the east and northeast India.

Last week, a deadly thunderstorm hit parts of Uttar Pradesh, killing 10 people and injuring 28 others.

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Meanwhile, the IMD announced no sight of monsoon for Delhi and the adjoining areas for the coming week. 

"There's no chance of revival of monsoon in next five to six days. Rainfall will be less than normal. We'll have to wait for a week for further advancement of monsoon. There has been thunderstorm activity in North-West India, it'll continue for 1-2 days," IMD official Charan Singh noted.

"Delhi NCR will not experience much activity. In next 24 hours, there can be only sparse rainfall. North Punjab, north Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakhand will experience rainfall for next two days," Singh added.

The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 36 degrees, while the minimum temperature stood at 28 degrees on Sunday.