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Heavy rain, severe waterlogging in Delhi-NCR, orange alert issued
Delhi-NCR Rains: Parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed rain today, and an orange alert is now in place till late afternoon, reduced from the red alert issued before.
Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Thursday morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) initially issuing a red alert, reducing the warning to an orange alert by noon.
Even so, waterlogging continued in parts of Delhi, Noida and Gurugram, visuals showed. Several parts in the NCR region saw vehicles wading through traffic and waterlogged roads followed by incessant rainfall, that reduced after a few hours.
However, an orange alert is still in place till 3:30 pm.
The weather body earlier warned of light to moderate rain, with some parts expected to witness heavy rain.
“Light to moderate rainfall at most places with moderate to heavy rainfall at isolated places over Delhi and NCR during next 2-3 hours,” the IMD said in an early morning update.
The fresh spells of rain come days after heavy downpour in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and other parts of National Capital Region, which also led to multiple flight delays and cancellations on Tuesday.
Apart from the Delhi-NCR region, the IMD has also warned of heavy rainfall over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, North Madhya Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh during the next few hours.
An August 11 report revealed that Delhi has received over 706mm of rainfall since the year began, which is over 91% of the normal annual rainfall mark of 774.4mm.
“Last year, we had La Nina conditions, which was driving the monsoon. This time, there are neutral conditions, but we have had a lot of active weather systems dominating northwest India. This has kept the plains particular fairly wet, with light to moderate spells on most days and heavy spells on isolated days,” said Mahesh Palawat, vice president at Skymet.
More downpour is expected this month, which will cover the remaining portion of the rainfall mark.
