Rain Lashes Delhi-NCR, Expect Moderate To Heavy Rainfalls For Next Two Hours

The IMD said there is a possibility of moderate to heavy rains with thunderstorms in the parts of the national capital, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana during the next 2 hours.

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New Delhi: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Saturday, September 11, 2021. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said there is a possibility of moderate to heavy rains with thunderstorms in the parts of the national capital, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana during the next 2 hours.

IMD on its official Twitter handle writes, "Thunderstorm with heavy to very heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of ( ), NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula) Rohtak, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Sonipat (Haryana) Modinagar, Hapur, Bagpat (U.P.) during next 2 hours. Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of NCR (Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Faridabad) Kaithal, Karnal, Rajaund, Assandh, Safidon, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Jind, Hansi, Meham (Haryana) Shamli, Kandhla, Baraut, Meerut, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Daurala (U.P.) during next 2 hours. Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra (Haryana), Gangoh, Deoband, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnaur, Chandpur, Hastinapur, Amroha, Kithor, Garhmukteshwar, Anupshahar, Jahangirabad, Siyana (U.P.) during the next 2 hours."

11/09/2021: 08:30 IST; Thunderstorm with heavy to very heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of ( ), NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula) Rohtak, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar,

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) September 11, 2021

Earlier this month, the IMD had predicted light to moderate intensity rainfall at many places across the national capital during the next 12 hours.

Delhi has already recorded 243.5 mm rainfall so far in September, surpassing the month’s average of 129.8 mm rain by a considerable margin. Delhi had recorded 117.7 mm rainfall in a span of 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on September 2, the highest single-day rain in the month in the last 19 years.

(With inputs from ANI)