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New Delhi: “Delhi and its adjoining areas are likely to receive rain showers, lightning and thunderstorm later in the day,” said Dr Mrityunjaya Mahapatra, Additional Director General (ADG) of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday. The extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the north-western parts of the Indian sub-continent is called Western Disturbance. The westerly are now moving from Afganistan and Pakistan towards North-East India and which is why these states are receiving rains and thunderstorm,” he added. “These weather activities are taking place in these regions because of the presence of Western Disturbance. It is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern driven by the westerlies..