Soon after it started drizzling in the national capital on Sunday evening, the Delhi Fire Department received multiple calls reporting “oil rain” from all over the city. The fire department is currently investigating the matter amid some roads being closed after bikers slipped.
Delhi is likely to receive light rainfall on Wednesday, which could be the last precipitation of this monsoon season, the MeT department said. There has been no rainfall in Delhi for two weeks. The last time Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded any rainfall (1.3 mm) was on September 8.
Delhi-NCR received fresh monsoon showers on Saturday evening as rains lashed several parts of the national capital. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official figures for the city, recorded 1.8 mm rainfall.
Central Delhi has recorded 62 per cent less rainfall this monsoon season so far and is the second-most rain deficient district in northwest India, according to India Meteorological Department data.
Rainfall led to water-logging in several parts of the national capital. Roads in Delhi's Greater Kailash were heavily waterlogged area on August 28.
The Yamuna was flowing close to the warning mark in Delhi on Wednesday morning and is likely to swell further with more water being released into it from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana, officials said. The water level was recorded at 203.78 metres at the Old Railway Bridge at 8 am.
Delhi is expected to receive more rainfall in the coming days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. The weatherman said that the monsoon trough is shifting towards the national capital and will bring rain from the night of August 26 to August 28.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rains for the next two hours in Delhi and adjoining areas. According to the IMD, light intensity rain would occur over in adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida and Dadri.
Khabar Se Aage: Heavy rain leads to waterlogging and traffic jams in Delhi-NCR
People in Delhi woke up to heavy rains on the morning of August 19.
Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Wednesday morning, bringing down the temperature in the region.
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Heavy rains lashed several parts of Delhi-NCR Thursday morning, providing much-needed relief from a long spell of. The heavy pouring has caused waterlogging at several places in Delhi. The weather department said most parts of the city witnessed rains.
The weather in the national capital got pleasant after a spell of showers in the wee hours of Friday. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted more showers in the coming hours.
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Days after a 56-year-old man drowned in rainwater accumulated at the Minto Bridge underpass in central Delhi, the Public Works Department (PWD) has decided to barricade roads leading to the spot if the water level rises above 45 centimetres during rains, an official has said.
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Heavy rain lashed national capital on July 22. The streets of Delhi got severely waterlogged following downpour.
A part of Mahipalpur bypass caved in following heavy rainfall in Delhi. Part of the Ashoka Road also caved in probably due to sinking stormwater.
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