Video: 2-storey house washed away in drain near ITO during Delhi rains
India | July 19, 2020 13:06 ISTAfter Delhi witnessed heavy downpour in the wee hours of Sunday, several houses swept away in the drain in Anna Nagar near ITO Ring Road.
After Delhi witnessed heavy downpour in the wee hours of Sunday, several houses swept away in the drain in Anna Nagar near ITO Ring Road.
In what is arguably the strongest rainfall seen by the national capital in years, Delhites woke up on Sunday to massive downpour and sounds of thunder.
Some parts of Delhi drenched with rain on Friday. The heavy downpour brought respite from the sultry weather condition prevailing for a few days.
The national capital reeled under sultry weather on Thursday as rains continued to elude large parts of the city.
Delhiites have woken up to a pleasant morning after overnight rains changed the weather in the national capital. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted that thunderstorms would occur in Delhi and surrounding areas in the next two hours.
Deputy Director-General of IMD, Anand Sharma on July 07, informed that Delhi-NCR will receive moderate thundershower for next 24 hours and after that light rain thundershowers for the next 48 hours.
Thunderstorm with rain would occur over Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Sahaswan, Badaun, Palwal, Hodal, Nuh, Khurja, Aurangabad, Mathura, and Alwar during the next 2 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has informed on Monday.
Heavy rains drenched parts of the national capital on Wednesday as monsoon clouds reached the city.
Heavy traffic on Barapullah flyover resulted due to waterlogging near Lodhi Road, going towards INA market.
A spell of early-morning rain brought respite from sweltering weather in the national capital and neighbouring areas on Monday. Waterlogging was also witnessed in some areas following rainfall in the national capital.
The India Meteorological Department has said conditions may become favourable for the advancement of southwest monsoon in Delhi and Haryana around June 25 even though it is unlikely to progress further till June 21.
In some good news for Delhiites, the India Meteorological Department on Wednesday said the monsoon is likely to reach the national capital three to four days earlier than the usual date of June 27.
Heavy downpour accompanied by powerful storm lashed Delhi-NCR on Wednesday evening. While some trees uprooted in different regions, a huge hoarding collapsed on the Delhi Noida Direct (DND) flyway.
Overnight rain, accompanied with gusty winds of up to 60 km per hour, brought the mercury down in the national capital on Sunday, the weather department said.
Heavy rain, accompanied by a hailstorm, lashed parts of Delhi on Thursday. The rainfall started around 5.00 pm, followed by a hailstorm minutes later. The rain and cloudy skies also led to a dip in the temperature.
Western disturbance is set to affect the national capital and its adjoining area on Thursday, leading to isolated showers that is expected to improve the air quality.
The city recorded a minimum of 18.6 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 33 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal, the highest so far this season, the meteorological department said.
Heavy rains accompanied by hailstorm lashed Delhi-NCR on Saturday afternoon, bringing down the temperature of the national capital.
The thunderstorms are likely to peak on Friday afternoon. The wind speed is likely to touch 50 km per hour, it said. As a result, trees and hoardings may get damaged.
Thundershowers lashed Delhi and parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday evening, Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted moderately cloudy skies, strong surface winds along with very light rain and hail at isolated places.
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