Sudden rain lashes Delhi-NCR; waterlogging, traffic snarls reported during rush hour. Pics

Intense rain accompanied by strong winds and thunder lashed Delhi early on Friday morning as residents woke up to a blanket of dark clouds.

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By Yagya Sharma
Published on Sept 15, 2023 01:37 pm IST 5 Photos
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Dark and dense clouds descended over  Delhi-NCR prior to the downpour with many taking to social media to share pictures and videos of the clouds.(Praveen Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
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"Delhi-NCR is most likely to experience gusty wind of speed 50-70 kmph and moderate rain with few occasional intense spells due to approaching clouds from NorthWest Uttar Pradesh till around 09:30 on Friday. Thereafter, gusty wind and rain spell will decrease gradually," said IMD.(Sunil Ghosh/ Hindustan Times)
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The weather department classifies rainfall between ‘trace’ and 2.4 mm as ‘very light rainfall’, as ‘light rainfall’ when it is between 2.5 mm and 15.5 mm, as ‘moderate’ rainfall when it is between 15.6 mm and 64.4 mm and as ‘heavy’ when it is over 64.5 mm in a single day.(Sunil Ghosh/ Hindustan Times)

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IMD further said that light to moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain over a few places and gusty winds is expected in areas of entire Delhi and parts of NCR such as Hindon Air Force station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, and Ballabhgarh among others.(Praveen Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
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As per the IMD's forecast, cloudy skies with moderate rain and thundershowers are expected on Friday with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to stay around 36 and 26 degrees Celsius respectively.(Praveen Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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