Weather Tomorrow, October 30: IMD forecasts hailstorms and thunderstorms in Delhi-NCR, heavy rain in Andhra Pradesh and other regions due to Cyclone Arnab; check the state-wise forecast

Delhi NCR Weather Tomorrow, 30th October: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms and hailstorms in Delhi and neighbouring regions on October 30. Meanwhile, a low-pressure area has formed over the South Andaman Sea and adjoining areas and is likely to intensify into a depression before moving towards Andhra Pradesh in the first week of November.

Check IMD's state-wise advisory

• Bihar: Heavy to very heavy rainfall, with isolated extremely heavy rainfall; thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 40–50 kmph.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Heavy to very heavy rainfall; thundersqualls with winds of 50–60 kmph.
• East Uttar Pradesh: Heavy to very heavy rainfall; thunderstorms with hailstorms in isolated areas.
• West Uttar Pradesh: Thunderstorms with hailstorms, lightning and gusty winds of 30–40 kmph.
• Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim: Heavy to very heavy rainfall; thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 30–40 kmph.
• Jharkhand: Heavy rainfall in isolated areas.
• Uttarakhand: Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms with hailstorms, and lightning with gusty winds of 40–50 kmph.
• East Rajasthan: Thunderstorms with hailstorms, lightning and gusty winds of 40–50 kmph.
• Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi: Thunderstorms with hailstorms; thundersqualls with winds of 50–60 kmph.
• Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 40–50 kmph.
• Odisha: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 40–50 kmph.
• Punjab: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 40–50 kmph.
• Andhra Pradesh: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 30–40 kmph; strong surface winds in isolated areas.
• Madhya Pradesh: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 30–40 kmph.
• West Rajasthan: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of 30–40 kmph.
• Assam and Meghalaya: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning.
• Chhattisgarh: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning.
• Himachal Pradesh: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning.
• Vidarbha: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning.

Latest on Cyclone Arnab

The Indian Coast Guard began airlifting people stranded by floods and landslides in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Thursday, while the state government deployed 79 teams from various disaster response agencies for rescue operations in Ganjam and Gajapati following Cyclone Arnab, officials said.

Odisha Chief Secretary Anu Garg said floods had affected 299 villages in Ganjam, leaving 70 villages cut off from the rest of the state. The government has initiated air evacuations to rescue 2,328 people stranded in these villages, she added.


Meanwhile, around 300 metres of National Highway 326 in Gajapati’s Mohana block has been washed away, disrupting connectivity with Ganjam district.