New Delhi:
Darkish clouds and heavy rain engulfed elements of Delhi-NCR on Monday morning, disrupting site visitors and leaving a number of stretches waterlogged.
Intense showers had been reported from elements of South Delhi and close by areas, whereas the climate workplace, India Meteorological Division (IMD), issued a crimson alert for heavy rain and a yellow alert for reasonable rain throughout a number of districts, with thunderstorms, lightning and winds of 30-40 kmph additionally anticipated in elements of the town.
Delhi: Heavy rain lashed elements of South Delhi pic.twitter.com/RmokPlcYh1
— IANS (@ians_india) August 24, 2026
The IMD, in its advisory, mentioned that heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and winds of 30-40 kmph could be very probably at remoted locations in elements of South East Delhi, East Delhi, Shahdara, Central Delhi, North East Delhi, South Delhi, New Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi, North West Delhi and North Delhi.
It additionally mentioned reasonable rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and winds of 30-40 kmph could be very probably at many locations in elements of Central Delhi, South Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi, North West Delhi and North Delhi.
Based on climate forecaster India Met Sky, scattered spells of heavy rain accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of as much as 25 kmph are probably in elements of Ghaziabad, East Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Delhi and South Delhi, together with close by areas, over the following two hours.
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Scattered heavy rains with loud lightning strikes, gusty winds upto 25km/h will happen in elements of #Ghaziabad, #EastDelhi, #Noida, #Gurgaon, #Delhi, #SouthDelhi and close by areas throughout subsequent 2 hours.The climate will stay humid and scorching after the spells ends and there… pic.twitter.com/M5YdG8uR1g
— IndiaMetSky Climate (@indiametsky) August 24, 2026
The company mentioned climate situations are anticipated to stay scorching and humid after the rain subsides, with related scattered rainfall occasions probably over the following two days.
In the meantime, residents took to social media to report site visitors congestion and waterlogging in a number of elements of the town.
Persons are standing in lengthy queues at Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, Delhi, simply to gather important medicines—and now they’re being pressured to face within the rain too. The place is the fundamental shade and queue administration? Is that this how sufferers needs to be handled in a authorities hospital? pic.twitter.com/wYNIsj7z3F
— AJ Gaurav (@ajgauravv) August 24, 2026
After heavy rain in Ghaziabad, the climate turned nice, however the downpour additionally brought about inconvenience for commuters. Site visitors slowed considerably, resulting in congestion on a number of roads.
Waterlogging was additionally reported from a number of elements of the town following the rain.
Many office-goers travelling to Noida from completely different elements of Delhi confronted lengthy delays as heavy rain slowed site visitors motion throughout main roads. A number of commuters mentioned their traditional commute time almost doubled, with many taking round one to one-and-a-half hours to achieve their places of work.
Why Is Delhi Witnessing Rain?
The present spell of rain in Delhi is especially being attributed to an lively monsoon trough, a low-pressure space over Uttar Pradesh, and a steady circulation of moisture-laden winds from the Bay of Bengal.
Below the affect of those climate techniques, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and close by areas have been witnessing persistent cloud cowl and rainfall. The continual showers have additionally led to a drop in temperatures, bringing reduction from humid situations.
Air High quality Improves After Rain
Rainfall over the previous two days has additionally improved Delhi’s air high quality. Based on information from monitoring stations, the AQI stood at 97 in Ashok Vihar, 100 in Aya Nagar, 127 in Bawana, 102 within the Cantonment space, 109 in Chandni Chowk, 83 on the Commonwealth Sports activities Advanced, 101 on Mathura Street and 88 on the Dr Karni Singh Capturing Vary.
