Delhi: Heavy Rain Lashes The Capital; MeT Department Issues Orange Alert

Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi and NCR on Saturday morning. Several areas are waterlogged in the capital. The MeT department has also issued an orange alert for Delhi and surrounding areas.

Delhi: Rain lashes parts of the national capital; visuals from Jorbagh area

India Meteorological Department predicts ‘moderate to heavy intensity rain’ at many places of Delhi’. pic.twitter.com/9IOq3AMb3n

— ANI (@ANI) September 11, 2021

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today predicted thunderstorms with moderate to heavy intensity rain and gusty winds in parts of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana during the morning and afternoon.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) tweeted, “Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of would continue to occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, NCR (Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida) Kaithal, Karnal, Rajaund, Assandh, Safidon, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Sonipat, Kharkhoda, Jind, Rohtak, Hansi, Meham, Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Narnaul (Haryana) Shamli, Kandhla, Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Siyana, Hapur, Pahasu, Bulandshahar (Uttar Pradesh) during next 2 hours,”

11/09/2021: 07:55 IST; Thunderstorm with very heavy intensity rain and winds with speed of 20-40 Kmph would continue to occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi and Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of would continue to

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) September 11, 2021

This is the first time that rainfall in Delhi breached the 1,000 mm mark. The capital has received the highest rainfall in  11 years.

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