India, May 17 -- Strong winds and dust storm swept parts of Delhi and adjoining cities such as Uttar Pradesh's Noida and Ghaziabad on Saturday afternoon, a day after similar weather was experienced in the areas.

The IMD had forecast a thunderstorm accompanied with rain for Delhi on Saturday, with the maximum temperature expected to settle around 42 degrees Celsius.

Amid sudden drop in visibility earlier this week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday that dust advected from North Pakistan is moving towards Delhi-NCR via Punjab and Haryana. According to the IMD, the movement occurs under strong lower-level westerly winds prevailing over Punjab and Haryana.

The weather department said at around 3:30 pm on Saturday t...