The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for Delhi following heavy and continuous rainfall in the national capital today, as reported in news agency ANI. “Delhi has been declared under orange alert following heavy rainfall which caused several inundations” stated IMD as reported in ANI.
In addition to the heavy and continuous rainfall, thunderstorms with moderate to heavy intensity rain are most most likely to comply with in quite a few components of Delhi and adjoining regions. In the early morning, Delhi witnessed heavy rainfall followed by thunderstorms which led to waterlogging affecting visitors and vehicular movements in the regions impacted by it.
#WATCH | Delhi: Vehicular movement at Mehrauli-Badarpur road impacted due to waterlogging following heavy rainfall pic.twitter.com/dywoohexNy
— ANI (@ANI) August 21, 2021
Safdarjung airport in Delhi recorded 138.8mm rain in the last 24 hours till 8:30 a.m today,reported ANI. “Delhi Safdarjung Airport recorded this monsoon season’s highest one day rain for 2021” tweeted IMD.
IMD has also predicted thunderstorms with moderate to heavy intensity rain for some components in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. “Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi, NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Noida, Greater Noida) Kaithal, Karnal,Rajaund, Assandh, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Sonipat, Narwana, Jind, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Sohana, Palwal, Panipat, Karnal, Gohana, Gannaur, Kosli, Charkhi Dadri, Bhiwani, Meham, Nuh (Haryana) Saharanpur, Gangoh, Deoband, Shamli, Baraut, Bagpat, Jattari (U.P.), Alwar, Kotputli, Nagar, Nadbai (Rajasthan) during next 2 hours”, tweeted the climate forecasting agency on Twitter.
Ghaziabad | Gaushala underpass at Vijay Nagar totally waterlogged due to heavy rainfall pic.twitter.com/X1W43IGr5Z
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 21, 2021