Dehradun lashed with heavy hailstorm

Dehradun, Mar 13 (UNI) Dehradun city was today lashed by heavy hailstorm after more than 50 years.

Though the hailstorm occurred for just 10 minutes at 1445 hrs the whole capital city was covered with about two inches of white hailstorm. Where children were seen enjoying it by throwing the Hailstorm at each other, the adults were seen busy taking photographs. It is likely the wheat and other crops and Mango and Lichi might be effected. Clear wheather suddenly changed gloomy and hailstorming started. Again the weather turned to bright sun.

According to the weather department heavy snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of the state.

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