Heavy rain, thunderstorm lash Delhi-NCR for second day; 15 trains running late

For the second consecutive day, heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and strong breeze covered the national capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday morning.

The city has witnessed continuous rainfall since Monday which has led to a decent dip in the temperature. (Image: ANI)

New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and strong breeze covered the national capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday morning. Various reports suggest that the heavy downpour since last 24 hours have improved the air quality from ‘severe’ to ‘poor’ category. After experiencing the warmest January since 2012, Delhi-NCR region was covered with light rainfall on Monday which is followed by very heavy rains even on early Tuesday. However, the heavy rainfall caused lives of two workers in the national capital and another got injured after the wall of a warehouse collapsed due to rain in Delhi's Najafgarh area on Monday. The city has witnessed continuous rainfall since Monday which has led to a decent dip in the temperature. Apart from intercity convenience, the heavy downpour has also affected the scheduled of as many as 15 trains coming to New Delhi on Tuesday morning, reported news agency ANI. Several reports of water-logging, horrendous traffic jams and breakdown of vehicles were reported from many areas in Delhi due to the sudden rainfall. Not just in Delhi, but heavy rainfall was also received in Ghaziabad and Noida regions, which further led to improvement in the air quality of the national capital. According to weather department, states including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand received heavy snowfall on Monday, which affected the weather in Delhi. The hilly areas will receive heavy snowfall in the next two days, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) adding that the national capital might receive rainfall for the entire week. Humidity oscillated between 98 and 66 per cent. Watch here:  The department also predicted that there would be gusty winds through the day with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 20 and 11 degrees Celsius, respectively. The Safdarjung observatory, the recording of which is considered official for the city, recorded 1.2 mm rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Monday. The weatherman has forecast generally cloudy sky for Tuesday with the possibility of light to moderate rain/thundershowers and isolated hailstorm. Delhi recorded the warmest January day since 2012 on Sunday with the maximum temperature settling at 28.7 degrees Celsius, seven notches above the season's average.