India, May 28 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast relief from the intense heatwave across Delhi-NCR and other parts of Northwest India over the next three days, as western disturbances and easterly winds are expected to change weather conditions in the region.

The weather department has issued an orange alert for Delhi and Noida, and a red alert for Gurugram and Faridabad for the next few hours, as moderate to severe thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and isolated hailstorms are very likely at many places across the region.

IMD scientist Akhil Srivastava told news agency ANI that thunderstorm activity is likely across the Western Himalayan region and nearby plains under the influence of the incoming western dis...