On Sunday, Delhi and the surrounding areas of the National Capital Region (NCR) awoke to moderate to heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms. Images shared on social media by news organisations showed torrential rain pelting several parts of the national capital, from Connaught Place to the Barapullah flyover.
According to a notification issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Faridabad, among other nearby areas, will experience rain on Sunday.
“Thunderstorms with moderate to heavy intensity rains will occur over and adjacent areas of the entire Delhi-NCR,” according to the IMD’s warning.
The meteorological department then went on to list the areas of Delhi-NCR that are expected to see rain on Sunday. Delhi, Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, and Dadri are all included.
Greater Noida, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Sonipat, Rohtak, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Kosali, Farukhnagar, Bawal, Rewari, Nuh, Sohana, Hodal, Aurangabad, Palwal (Haryana), Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Baraut, Bagpat, Nazibabad, Bijnaur, Bijnaur,
The IMD later issued another update, adding more places to the list of regions across India that are expected to see rain on Sunday. Modinagar, Rampur, Moradabad, Billari, Sambhal, Amroha, Garhmukteshwar, Siyana, Hapur, Pilakhua, Bahajoi, Anupshahar, Jahangirabad, Shikarpur, Bulandshahar, Gulaoti, Khurja, Barsana, and Nandgaon.
Earlier this month, SkymetWeather, a private weather forecasting agency, predicted that heavy rain would fall in several parts of northern India for the entire first week of August. Heavy rains are expected to continue in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh until August 8, according to Skymet.
Starting off as an unusually hot month, July ended up with 507mm of rain, more than double the month’s average of 210.6mm, making it the wettest in the past 18 years and another weather extreme that has been characteristic of the patterns seen in the capital since August 2020.
