New Delhi, May 24 -- A dust storm is expected to hit the Delhi-NCR region within the next few hours as sand-filled winds from the Thar Desert advance toward the area, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Fueled by strong westerly winds originating in Rajasthan, the storm has already impacted parts of western Haryana and is likely to spread across Delhi-NCR and western Uttar Pradesh before weakening and moving away around midnight.

Meanwhile, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 43.6 degrees Celsius, 3.4 degrees above the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The minimum temperature settled at 28.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning, two notches above the seasonal average, it stat...