
New Delhi: Parts of Delhi witnessed light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorm in the early hours of Monday.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain occurred over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi-NCR, including Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Noida, Assandh, Safidon, Gohana, Gannaur, Sonipat, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Narnaul.
#WATCH | Roads waterlogged in several parts of Delhi following incessant rainfall; visuals from ITO pic.twitter.com/Taq5fGbwLS
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With this, Delhi’s maximum and minimum temperatures settled at 32 and 25 degrees Celsius respectively.
“Generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain and thundershowers. The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 32 and 25 degrees Celsius respectively,” the IMD said in its bulletin.
#WATCH | Delhi: Vehicular movement affected as parts of the national capital continues to receive heavy rainfall.
Visuals from Pragati Maidan area pic.twitter.com/yYOnx6RLWy
— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2021
Private forecaster Skymet Weather said that Delhi rains are expected to make a good comeback with showers for the next two to three days.
#WATCH | Delhi: Parts of the national capital receives incessant rainfall; visuals from the Palam area
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted “generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain/ thundershowers” in Delhi today pic.twitter.com/LQmsbHkaFk
— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2021
Easterly and southeasterly winds from the Bay of Bengal as well as Southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea are feeding moisture over Delhi and the adjoining area.
The weather agency also predicted that the city is likely to see water-logging in some parts.
“Delhi during the initial days was seeing deficiency in terms of rains. In fact, all the nine districts of Delhi were deficient. However, with the rains last week, the deficit had reduced from 65 per cent to 56 per cent,” it added.