Dust storm causes flight diversions, disrupting travel

A dust storm, with winds gusting up to 96kmph, barrelled through the Indian capital on Saturday evening, causing flight diversions, disrupting Delhi Metro services and uprooting trees. The skies turned dark grey at 5.10 pm and swirling clouds of dust blew through Delhi-NCR, which also received light rains.

The change in the weather brought much-needed respite from the sweltering heat.