Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms lash parts of Delhi-NCR; more rain likely today

Delhi and its adjoining areas witnessed heavy rainfall with thunderstorms.

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New Delhi: Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) in the early hours of Saturday (January 8, 2022). Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana also witnessed heavy rainfall with thunderstorms today morning.

"Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and Delhi NCR (Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Karnal, Panipat, Gannaur, Sonipat, Kharkhoda, Jhajjar, Sohana, Palwal, Nuh (Haryana) Baraut, Bagpat (UP) and Tizara (Rajasthan)," tweeted India Meteorological Department (IMD). 

08/01/2022: 04:55 IST; Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and Delhi ( ), NCR ( Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Karnal, Panipat, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Rewari, Bawal, Nuh (Haryana) — India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) January 7, 2022

More rains likely in Delhi, Noida today

The weather department has predicted more rainfall in parts of the national capital, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan in the next few hours. 

“Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi ( ), NCR ( Gurugram, Manesar) Farukhnagar, Rewari (Haryana) . Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi ( ), Jhajjar, Kosali, Mahendargarh, Narnaul (Haryana) Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Kandhla, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Hastinapur, Baraut, Daurala, Bagpat, Meerut, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Khurja, Jattari, Aligarh, Kasganj, Iglas, Sikandra Rao, Hathras, Etah, Agra (U.P.) Kotputli, Bharatpur (Rajasthan) during next 2 hours,” tweeted IMD at 7:10 am on Saturday. 

Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi ( ), NCR ( Gurugram, Manesar) Farukhnagar, Rewari (Haryana) . Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi ( ), — India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) January 8, 2022

With the fresh showers, the temperature in the national capital dipped further, forcing the homeless people to take refuge in night shelters. 

#WATCH: Rain lashes Delhi-NCR; visuals from Chanakyapuri area

"Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over & adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR (Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) during the next 2 hours," says India Meteorological Department pic.twitter.com/0ue7HoLvMj — ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2022

IMD’s forecast says the minimum temperature may rise to 14 degrees Celsius, while the maximum may drop to 18 on Saturday.

Earlier, the weather department had predicted a cloudy sky for the Capital city till January 9. The Met department had also said that no cold wave conditions are likely over north India during next five days.

Meanwhile, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the air quality in the national capital improved to `poor` from `very poor` category on Friday, a day after the national capital experienced intermittent rain spells, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 273.