Weather today, April 3 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange an alert for Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Telangana. The weather department issued a "muti-hazard warning," predicting thunderstorm, lightning, gusty winds and hailstorm on April 3. At the same time a heatwave warning is in place for Gujarat.

IMD in a post on X stated, "Thunderstorm accompanied with Lightning, Gusty winds(40-50 kmph) and Hailstorm likely over Chhattisgarh, Interior Karnataka and Telangana during afternoon to early night hours of 03rd April 2025." The Meteorological Department noted the existence of cyclonic circulation over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and southwest Madhya Pradesh.

A combination of this atmospheric condition with moist wind...