If you have planned to pack your bags to fly to Switzerland in the interest of enjoying your winter special holidays, you might consider changing the plans if you take a glimpse of pictures of Noida attached below.
Noida turned out to be a snowy town on Thursday evening and the netizens called it as ‘winter wonderland’. The streets, roads and highways were covered in hailstones, in what seemed straight out of foreign countries.
Yamuna Expressway covered in hail today. @IndiaToday @TimesNow @ndtv pic.twitter.com/jOotblbPox
— Mudit Dixit (@muditdixit2) February 7, 2019
It was after almost a decade that Delhi and other areas in the vicinity saw such heavy hailstorm. Locals, passersby were astonished to see it and they couldn’t believe it at first sight. Thrilled by it, they took snaps and posted it on social media.
Noida’s Sector 93, Sector 137 and Yamuna Expressway were the highlight among the hailstone-covered areas.
What the? This isn’t normal. #delhi #hailstorm #rain pic.twitter.com/y2RjxTpzFD
— vinsi (@vinodbishnoi131) February 7, 2019
Delhi recorded minimum temperature at 15 degrees on Thursday. Due to bad weather, as many as 23 domestic and 9 international flights were diverted out of Delhi. news agency ANI reported.
“Minimum temperatures are likely to fall by 4 to 6 degrees Celsius over northwest India from February 8. A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the whole of northwest India from February 10 onwards,” a weather department bulletin said.
What the? This isn’t normal. #delhi #hailstorm #rain pic.twitter.com/y2RjxTpzFD
— vinsi (@vinodbishnoi131) February 7, 2019
At least 16 Delhi-bound trains were delayed by 2 to 6 hours due to dense fog and low visibility on Thursday.
The size of these! #DelhiHailStorm pic.twitter.com/yTxpsgSyye
— Nazia Erum (@nazia_e) February 7, 2019
What!! Hailstorm in Delhi. #CrazyWeather #HailstormInDelhi pic.twitter.com/qhSWtCGMAS
— Nikhil Dadhich (@nikhilda) February 7, 2019
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(With inputs from IANS and PTI)
