Dust storm accompanied with light rain and squall with wind speed upto 70 to 80 KMPH would occur over Delhi and NCR during next 3 hours, according to a notice released by Indian Meteorological Department, Delhi. 

It was immediately followed by rain in the national capital. The sky turned completely dark at 5 pm, about two hours earlier than usual.
The Met department had earlier today predicted that there will be strong winds of 70-80 kmph this evening.

As soon as the storm hit, Delhiites and people from NCR flooded social media with pictures and videos of dust storm

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Like living in the middle of a dessert... #Gurgaon #duststorm pic.twitter.com/yESzEhGp1l

— Nishant Kaushik (@nishant3388) June 9, 2018

This is 5.30pm in Ghaziabad#RainsinDelhi
Black clouds & dust storm in NCR pic.twitter.com/tuvQmeQvhJ

— Kunal (@kunalone) June 9, 2018

It`s 5 in the evening, Delhi..looks total apocalyptic #Duststorm pic.twitter.com/ihZFQusXVi

— AwwChinto (@beseen_achinto) June 9, 2018

It was a warm day on Thursday with the maximum temperature settling at 42 degrees Celsius, a notch above the average normal 41.6 degrees Celsius .

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