A sudden and intense storm with heavy rain and thunderstorms hit the NCR region on Tuesday, causing a sharp drop in temperatures but also widespread interruptions. The bad weather and the poor weather conditions have disrupted flight delays and flights at IGI Airport, so many flights have been cancelled and turned up wrong.
During the peak of the storm, at least 22 flights have been diverted to nearby airports Jaipur and Lucknow at the time of the storm and these are all safe to fly. Heavy rain and heavy showers on the runway have made it difficult to see that many flights left and arrived at IGI Airport but the airport has been cancelled.
The unstable weather and strong winds (with 40-50 kmph winds) have made air traffic control to change the number of landings in this day and night and there is backlog in the afternoon and evening time. IndiGo sends travel advice to passengers, they say that they’re going to be able to take a quick check on their flight status and also in case there is traffic on the way to the airport and are to be expected there is a backlog of a few flights to be cancelled.
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We need you to keep in touch on your flight status on our website or app." Also, the airline said similar weather conditions had impacted service in Kolkata earlier in the day but services have slowly started to stabilize. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a Yellow Alert for Delhi-NCR for the next 48 hours.
The current situation is due to a very active Western Disturbance and changing wind patterns. Weather forecast for April 7-8: Light to moderate rainfall, isolated hailstorms and lightning in Delhi and Noida and Gurugram with rain and rain in the background.
In the evening the weather will get back to normal in the region but it will be a bit wet and rainy in the weekend. The National Capital Region will be in the middle of a thunderstorm and rain and fog on Wednesday, April 8, and will be clear by Friday.
