A severe hailstorm accompanied by heavy rains lashed the capital city of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, reducing visibility and disrupting normal traffic. ? ?
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The local meteorological station has also issued an orange warning of heavy rainfall, thunderstorm, lightning, and hail storms over plains, and low and mid hills on May 1 and 2, which might cause damage to standing crops, fruit plants, and new plantings.
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The MeT office predicted light to moderate rainfall at many places in the state on May 2 and 3 as a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect northwest India from the night of May 1.?
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The maximum temperature stayed two to seven degrees below normal in the state, with Una being the hottest at 34.6 degrees Celsius.
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The continued wet spell and low temperatures are causing anxiety to farmers and horticulturists as stormy conditions, hailstorms and rains are harmful for crops.