After the activation of Western Disturbance in Uttar Pradesh, the weather has completely changed, since late Friday evening it rained with thunder in many districts including Noida, Ghaziabad and Meerut, due to which the temperature has come down. The Meteorological Department has warned of strong storm, lightning and rain in both western and eastern divisions on Saturday, April 4. There are also alerts of hailstorm at many places. There are dense dark clouds in the state since morning.
According to the Meteorological Department, the weather has taken a turn in the state. There is a thunderstorm alert in both the western and eastern divisions of the state on Saturday. The sky has been covered with dark, dense clouds since morning in the capital Lucknow. Because of which the weather will be pleasant today. There itself Noida, GhaziabadIn Meerut, Varanasi and Prayagraj also, dense clouds have gathered since morning. Cloud movement will continue throughout the day in these districts today and there will be rain with thunder.
Orange alert of storm, rain and hail in UP
Today in UP the capital Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Unnao, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Hardoi, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Kanpur, Fatehpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Amethi, Sultanpur, There is a warning of rain, lightning and hailstorm along with thunder in Ayodhya, Basti, Siddharthnagar, Balrampur, Gonda, Barabanki and Shravasti. Orange alert of dust storm with speed of 40-60 km has been given in these districts.
Apart from this, yellow alert has been given in Agra, Mathura, Hathras, Aligarh, Firozabad, Etah, Kannauj, Badaun, Bareilly, Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Varanasi, Chandauli, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur and Prayagraj today for drizzle with thunder.
Temperature dropped due to rain
According to the Meteorological Department, due to rain, the temperature of the state has also decreased rapidly. Cold winds have been blowing since morning. Due to rain, the maximum temperature of the state will drop by 3-6 degrees Celsius in the next 24 hours. After this, there can be a gradual increase of up to 4-6 degrees. The minimum temperature will also drop by 2-4 degrees Celsius.
This untimely rain has caused a lot of damage to the standing crops of the farmers. Wheat and other crops are harvested in the fields in the month of April, but farmers have suffered huge losses due to sudden storms and hailstorms. There itself Season Due to this sudden change in weather, two teenagers and a woman have died due to lightning at different places including Chitrakoot, Varanasi.