Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram went into an overdrive after Noida, near Delhi, looked
like a snowy town after a round of hailstorm last evening. Roads and highways
in parts of Delhi and neighboring areas were covered in hailstones. It was
after nearly a decade that Delhi and neighbouring areas saw such heavy
hailstorm that accompanied the evening rain. Awestruck residents and commuters
were in a tizzy, posting pictures and videos of the "winter
wonderland".
The rare event inspired many to compare Noida to hill towns such as Manali and Shimla. Busy roads, traffic intersections and apartments in Noida's Sector 93, Sector 137 and Yamuna Expressway were among the hailstone-covered areas. "This is happening after at least a decade that heavy hailstorm occurred at several areas in Delhi and adjoining areas. Areas like Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Palam received the maximum amount of hail and rains on Thursday evening, while central Delhi was lashed by heavy rains," Mahesh Palawat, Director at private weather agency Skymet, told news agency IANS.
It was a cloudy morning today with the minimum
temperature recorded at 7 degrees, two notches below the season's average,
against yesterday's minimum which was six notches above normal at 15 degrees,
the weather office said. "The sky will remain generally cloudy throughout
the day. The maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded at 19.1 degrees
Celsius, four notches below the season's average. Friday's maximum is expected
to hover around the same," the Met department said. At least 12
Delhi-bound trains were delayed by two to six hours due to fog and low
visibility.
For
all those who were or are planning to go to Manali or Kashmir to enjoy the
snowfall are looking forward to say that now they are not interested in going
somewhere else cause Delhi and NCR is all covered with hail which is much more
beautiful and exciting for all the people to enjoy at their own places. Also
with that people were making videos and clicking pictures and posting them on
the social media and telling other people that no need to go to any other place
to enjoy the winters as all the fun is here only and the news and weather
reports also says that for the coming few days the weather conditions in Delhi
NCR will be like this only and people can enjoy to their fullest.
