Delhi-NCR receives heavy rainfall, IMD issues red alert

Delhi IMD Weather Alert: Rains lashed the Delhi-NCR region on Wednesday evening. The India Meteorological Department sounded red alert in the for Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and Ghaziabad. It said that heavy rainfall with moderate thunderstorm and lightning would occur through the evening. The weather department also said that the region would witness winds ranging from 30-50 kmph.


"Moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied with moderate thunderstorm and lightning is very likely to occur at entire Delhi and NCR, during next 2 hours," IMD said on X.

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According to IMD's Automatic Weather Station (AWS) network, the Pragati Maidan observatory in central Delhi recorded 112.5 mm of rainfall in one hour.

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An extreme amount of precipitation in a short period, specifically 100 mm of rainfall within an hour, is defined by the IMD as a "cloud burst".

The weather department has predicted that the rains will persist till August 5 across all four NCR regions and parts of Haryana.

Delhi airport diverted 10 flights between 7:30 pm and 8:00 pm due to the rains, reported ANI.

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Several areas of Delhi experienced water logging and traffic congestion because of the heavy rains.


This comes amid recent incident of water logging in a coaching institute's basement that claimed the lives of three students. The MCD and Delhi government are taking measures to avoid such incidents in the future.


Educational institutions have been given guidelines to follow certain rules. The government has also said that it would issue further instructions on operations of coaching centres and institutions.