Delhi is experiencing severe rainfall, leading to a red alert from the IMD due to potential thunderstorms and strong winds. This follows an unusually wet August and has already caused damage to the Delhi-Lucknow highway. Light to moderate rain is expected to continue with intermittent sunshine, while temperatures may rise between rain spells.

Delhi is experiencing severe rainfall, leading to a red alert from the IMD due to potential thunderstorms and strong winds. This follows an unusually wet August and has already caused damage to the Delhi-Lucknow highway. Light to moderate rain is expected to continue with intermittent sunshine, while temperatures may rise between rain spells.

Delhi is experiencing severe rainfall, leading to a red alert from the IMD due to potential thunderstorms and strong winds. This follows an unusually wet August and has already caused damage to the Delhi-Lucknow highway. Light to moderate rain is expected to continue with intermittent sunshine, while temperatures may rise between rain spells.

Heavy rains are lashing Delhi and the surrounding regions on Friday. The Indian Meterological Department has elevated its previously issued yellow alert to a red alert as the rains may be accompanied by thunderstorms.

Meanwhile, Noida and Ghaziabad were both placed under an orange alert. There are strong winds and thunderstorms in the region.

Light to moderate rain is to be expected on Friday. The same can be expected on Saturday. However, there will be intermittent sunshine that may bring temperatures of up to 35 to 36 degrees Celsius.

The rains can last till Monday, September 7. The latest wet spell comes after t the region recorded a wetter-than-normal August. The city has recorded about 354.1 mm of rainfall between August 1 and 30. The number was 120 mm above the IMD’s calculated average of 233.1 for the month.

The month of August has been recording excess rainfall since 2024, when it rained about 390.3 mm.

The Delhi-Lucknow highway meanwhile caved in at several locations after the rain. Large potholes were formed in several places at the five-kilometre stretch extending from the Civil Lines area in Rampur to the Moradabad border.

Commuters told local news that the potholes may pose significant danger to drivers during the night when visibility is low.

The temperatures in the national capital region stood at around 28.2 degrees Celsius on Friday.

Lodhi Road recorded 27.6 degrees Celsius, 2.6 degrees above normal, while the The Ridge recorded a minimum of 23.7. Ayanagar recorded 27 degrees Celsius

The IMD has also forecast fairly widespread to widespread rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning over Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on September 4-5.

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