Rain lashed Delhi on Wednesday, inundating l♋ow-lying areas and af💃fecting traffic movement in parts of the city.
People shared pictures and videos of rainwater gushing into residential areas and vehicles wading through wa🐭terlogged roads.
The traffic police issued an advisory, asking people to check the weather before h🐈eading out.
"As per IMD (India Meteorological Department) report, thundershower with moder✤ate intensity to heavy intensity rain with gusty winds would occur over Delhi and adjoining a♍reas. Commuters are advised to plan their journey accordingly," it tweeted.
Generallꩲy, cloudy sky, moderate rain, or thundershowers are predicted in the city over the n📖ext three days.
The national capital reꦛcorded a minimum temperature of 28.2 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 33 degrees Cels♍ius.
The IMD has predicted "enhanced rainfall activity" over northwest India for♎ two-threeღ days.
The monsoon had c🧔overed the entire country on July 2, six days ahead of schedule. However, rains in Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal have remained subdued.
Meteorologists attribute the rain deficit in north and northwest India to the formation of back-to-back low-pressure areas in the Bay of Bengal in July which kept the monsoon trough o﷽ver central India for an unusually long period.
The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, has recorded 189.6 mm of rainfall against a normal of 201 mm since the start of ജthe monsoon season on June 1.
After a relatively dry June,✅ the capital has l💦ogged 165.1 mm of precipitation against a normal of 126.9 in July so far. But most of the rains in July came on the first day (117.2 mm).
The Safd🦹arjung Observatory recorded 30 mm of rainfall between 8:30 am on Saturday and 8:30 am on Sunday. However, other weather stations have recorded light to moderate rainfall on several occasions this month.
The IMD uses four color codes for w💮eather warnings: green (no action needed), yellow (watch and stay updated), orange (be prepared), and red (take🐽 action).
(Inputs from PTI)
