Delhi Rain: Rainfall continued in Delhi as the city received light showers on early Thursday morning. The fresh spell of rain comes as the India Meteorological Department said that downpours are likely to continue throughout this week. The weather office has also said that Delhi will witness a generally cloudy sky and the temperature will hover around 34 degrees Celsius.
Delhi has been put on a "yellow" alert till Thursday amid a forecast that rain will continue to lash capital till July 28. The temparature in the city was recorded at 29 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning, according to AccuWeather.
On Wednesday, rainfall lashed Delhi-NCR, causing waterlogging and traffic snarls across the city. The downpour, however, brought a much-needed relief from the heat as the maximum temperature dropped to 33.8 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's normal, the weather department said.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 24.8 degrees Celsius, two-and-a-half notches below the normal. The humidity level stood at 74 per cent at 5.30 pm.
Delhi's Narela and Pusa weather stations recorded rainfall of 12.5 mm and 10.5 mm, respectively, in three hours from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm, according to the IMD.
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Complaints of waterlogging and uprooting of trees were received from Pitampura, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini, and Chandni Chowk, among other places, as reported by news agency PTI. Several public transports, including an NDMC garbage collecting truck, suffered breakdown due to the rainfall, which the Met said was of moderate intensity.
The traffic police issued advisories and alerted commuters about the road stretches affected by waterlogging, and asked people to plan their journeys accordingly.