Delhi-NCR Rains: Heavy downpour brings relief from soaring temperature - Check latest forecast

New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed parts of Delhi and its adjoining areas, bringing respite from heat and humidity on Tuesday morning. RWFC New Delhi in its latest forecast has predicted thunderstorm along with light to moderate intensity rain in several parts of Delhi-NCR today. “Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida) Narwana, Barwala, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Mahendargarh (Haryana) Nazibabad, Bijnaur, Chandpur, Amroha (U.P.) Mahawa (Raj.) during next 2 hours,” said RWFC New Delhi in a tweet. 

The rain, however, also led to waterlogging and traffic snarls in parts of the national capital. Amidst the downpour, the streets of Sarita Vihar could be seen waterlogged along with a traffic jam in the area. Traffic snarls could also be seen near ITO.

#WATCH | Delhi witnesses rainfall in several parts of the national capital. Visuals from Krishi Bhavan pic.twitter.com/tibB78vccN

— ANI (@ANI) July 12, 2022

12/07/2022: 07:40 IST; Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida) Narwana, Barwala, Charkhi Dadri, — RWFC New Delhi (@RWFC_ND) July 12, 2022

Earlier, the weatherman has forecast generally cloudy sky for Tuesday with the possibility of light rain or thundershowers today. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 36 and 27 degrees Celsius, respectively.

The capital also witnessed rainfall on Monday that brought down the temperature of the city by almost 4 degrees Celsius.