New Delhi, May 5 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, prediction heavy downpour during the day on 5 May. Besides this, the weather office warned of isolated to scattered thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds (40-60 kmph) and hailstorm activity over Northwest, Central and East India on Tuesday.

IMD urged residents living in the affected region to follow safety protocol. Given below are the safety guidelines one should adhere to during extreme weather conditions.

Predicting thunderstorm in Rajasthan over the next few days, IMD forecasted, "Scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with thunders...