Thane: A massive dust storm hit Thane, Navi Mumbai areas on Thursday evening. Scary visuals from Kalyan, Airoli, Digha, Shilphata showed the sky covered with a huge dust cloud, with strong winds blowing, causing trees to sway in the area and reducing visibility in localities.
Videos of the storm created panic-like situations in some pockets as dust and debris filled the air. An alert has been issued by Mumbai Rains on its official handle on X (formerly Twitter), issuing a duststorm alert for Thane & MMR for the next 1 hour.
This duststorm comes amid the time when an alert for hot and humid climate has been issued today. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, a yellow alert for Hot and humid conditions has been issued for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad till May 9.
An alert for duststorm was sounded by Agric & Crop Scientist Athreya Shetty on his official handle on X. He had issued an alert for moderate to heavy thundershowers developing over Shahpur, Murbad, Badlapur, Karjat areas moving westwards towards KDMC, Navbi Mumbai, Palghar. He also predicted first premonsoon likely in MMR this evening along with some dust storms and gusty winds.
