Phones buzz with 'extremely severe alert' as rain, storm likely in parts of UP
Millions of mobile phones buzzed across Delhi-NCR and several surrounding parts of northern India on Thursday as people received an emergency warning alert warning of
Millions of mobile phones buzzed across Delhi-NCR and several surrounding parts of northern India on Thursday as people received an emergency warning alert warning of a severe thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning, downpour and winds up to 100 kmph, in several parts of western Uttar Pradesh.
Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Mathura and Meerut are among the places likely to be impacted by the storm. The message, broadcast at around 8.50 pm in both Hindi and English, flashed on smartphones with a loud notification tone, cautioning users about the possibility of a moderate to intense spell of rain and hail along with thunderstorms over the coming three hours.
Read Full Story Titled "Extremely Severe Alerts", the emergency alert, read, "Severe Thunderstorm (wind speed 70-90 KMph gusting to 100 kmph or more) with Lightning and Moderate to intense spell of rain and Hail is very likely to occur at a few places over Agra, Aligarh, Baghpat, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Hathras, Mathura, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Shamli in next 3 hours." This is a developing story.
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