India, April 5 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) experienced a brief thunderstorm on Friday afternoon, with gusty winds tossing up dust everywhere, affecting visibility.

The regional weather centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a thunderstorm warning around noon. "It was when instability in the atmosphere was observed, which led to a thunderstorm," said Sushma Nair, a scientist at IMD. The IMD alert read: "Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and light to moderate rainfall with gusty winds at 30-40 kilometres per hour."

As gusty winds threw up dust across the city, several residents posted pictures and videos on X. "Heavy dust storm came for 10 minutes around 4 pm today at Thane from Kalyan towards Mumbai ...