Heavy showers in many parts of north India on Monday (August 24, 2026) triggered flight diversions, waterlogging and massive traffic disruption, especially in the the Delhi-NCR region, which received the bulk of the rainfall.

Parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh received rains during the day as well.

Traffic snarls were the worst in Gurugram where parents carrying children on their shoulders were seen wading through flooded roads to get to school buses and vehicles were seen stuck on waterlogged roads.

The downpour caused waterlogging in Narsinghpur, Hero Honda Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, IFFCO Chowk and several areas of old Gurugram. Vehicles were stuck in water around Rajiv Chowk, while school buses and ambulances were also caught in waterlogging on Sohna Road.

The district administration said Gurugram received 70 mm of rainfall by 1.30 p.m. Key areas including Rajiv Chowk, IFFCO Chowk, Railway Road, Sector 5, Old Delhi Road, Mehrauli Road and Basai Road were heavily affected. The Naharpur underpass was also waterlogged.

In Delhi too several key stretches, including parts of Lutyens’ Delhi, Mathura Road, Connaught Place, Bhairon Marg, ITO and the Zakhira underpass, were waterlogged.

Waist-deep water, bumper-to-bumper traffic marked the day’s heavy downpour, as gusty winds and showers lashed the national capital, with a few areas recording almost 67 mm of rain.

Videos shared on social media showed at least a dozen students waded through waist-deep water in Sangam Vihar. Residents in Sadar Bazar were also forced to wade through waist-deep water after rainwater accumulated in the Old Delhi area.

At least 15 flights were diverted at the Delhi airport due to inclement weather conditions. Scores of flights were delayed and some were cancelled at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital due to the bad weather. An official said 12 flights were diverted to Jaipur, two to Chandigarh and one to Lucknow.

Many parts of Uttar Pradesh witnessed light to moderate showers and isolated heavy downpours, disrupting normal life in urban pockets, the meteorological department said.

Monsoon remained normal across Uttar Pradesh over the past 24 hours, it said.

In Ghaziabad, heavy spells led to severe waterlogging across major roads and low-lying residential sectors, causing massive traffic congestion.

Autorickshaw overturns

In a mishap captured on cameras, an autorickshaw overturned after hitting a pothole on a waterlogged stretch and passersby rushed to rescue the passengers, who escaped with minor injuries.

According to the local MeT office, thunderstorm activity was recorded at a few places over East Uttar Pradesh and at isolated locations in West Uttar Pradesh during the last 24 hours (ending at 8:30 a.m.).

Heavy rains lashed Jaipur and other parts of eastern Rajasthan, disrupting traffic and causing waterlogging in many places.

Kherthal-Tijara in Alwar district that comes under the National Capital Region (NCR) received heavy rainfall and many areas got flooded with water.

Markets, roads, residential colonies and low-lying areas in Kishangarhbas town were also inundated due to rain.

Jaipur, Alwar, Dholpur, Karauli, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Kherthal-Tijara districts received rains. Cars and two-wheelers were seen wading through the Moti Dungri Road in Jaipur which was completely submerged under water.

Light to moderate rain prevailed in parts of Himachal Pradesh, blocking 98 roads for vehicular traffic in the State.

As many as 98 roads were closed for vehicular traffic, while 21 power transformers and 21 drinking water supply schemes were also disrupted, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.

Mandi reported the highest number of road blockages at 49, followed by Kullu (28), Kangra (8), Shimla, Sirmaur, and Una (4 each), and Lahaul Spiti (1).

Light to moderate rains lashed parts of the State in the past 24 hours since Sunday evening.

Heavy rainfall, triggered by a low-pressure system, lashed most parts of Odisha, with eight places receiving more than 100-mm downpour during the past 24 hours, the IMD said.

Four places in the State recorded heavy to very heavy rainfall, while 47 places received heavy rainfall during the period till 8.30 am on Monday, it said.

The maximum rainfall of 169.4 mm was recorded at Joda in Keonjhar district, followed by Papadahandi in Nabarangpur (158.8 mm) and Paikmal in Bargarh (120 mm), the IMD said in a bulletin.

Other places that received over 100-mm rainfall include Kusumi and Jashipur in Mayurbhanj district, Jharigaon in Nabarangpur, and Telkoi and Champua in Keonjhar.

The low pressure area lay over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining areas of Jharkhand and north Odisha in the morning, the bulletin stated.

Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning are likely over Gangetic West Bengal till Wednesday morning due to a low pressure area over the region, the IMD added.

Published – August 25, 2026 02:58 am IST

The IMD has forecast thunderstorms accompanied by rain over many parts of Delhi during the day. File
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According to the IMD, wind speeds during the dust storm and thunderstorm activity were recorded at up to 81 kmph at Pusa Road, 56 kmph at Palam and 35 kmph at Pragati Maidan. File
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New Delhi:

Delhi and its neighbouring cities received light rain on Saturday evening, which improved the air quality to ‘poor’ on Sunday morning and provided some relief from the dense fog that was blanketing parts of the national capital region for the past few days.

Delhi on Saturday recorded a low of 7.7 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature settled at 17 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The thick layer of fog on Saturday led to the delay of at least 45 trains.

Cold wave conditions continue in other parts of north India, including Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, with temperatures falling below freezing point.

Delhi and its neighbouring cities such as Ghaziabad and Noida received rain on Saturday evening.

The IMD has predicted a generally cloudy sky with light rain on Sunday.

On Saturday, Delhi-NCR woke up to dense fog in some areas, which led to 45 trains running late, however, flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) remained mostly normal.

The Air Quality Index of Delhi, which was in the range of ‘severe’ to ‘very poor’ for the last few days, improved to the ‘poor’ category on Sunday morning.

As per Centre’s Sameer app, Delhi’s overall AQI at around 5 a.m. on Sunday stood at 285.

An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good,” 51-100 “satisfactory,” 101-200 “moderate,” 201-300 “poor,” 301-400 “very poor,” and 401-500 “severe”.

Cold wave continued in Himachal Pradesh, with the local meteorological department predicting moderate rain in low-lying plains and snow in isolated areas in middle and high hills, including Shimla and Manali, on Saturday and Sunday.

A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect northwest India from the night of January 14, 2025, the MeT said and also predicted light rain and snow in isolated places in middle and high hills on Thursday and Friday.

Talking about the anti-pollution measures in the national capital, currently GRAP I, II and III are in effect.

CAQM in compliance with Supreme Court’s earlier order, invoked actions under Stage III of GRAP on Thursday.

The centre’s air quality panel said, “The AQI of Delhi which was recorded as 297 on January 8, 2025, exhibited a sharp increasing trend and has been recorded as 357 at 4 p.m. on January 9 owing to calm winds and foggy conditions.”

CAQM added, “The Sub Committee on GRAP hereby decide to invoke all actions under StageIII (‘Severe’Air Quality of Delhi) of revised Schedule of GRAP, with immediate effect in right earnest by all the agencies concerned in Delhi-NCR, in addition to the Stage-l and II actions already in force.”

Furthermore, it advised all the agencies to keep strict vigil and intensify measures of the revised GRAP schedule to ensure that the AQI levels do not slip further. It assured that the sub-committee is closely monitoring the situation and will review the situation from time to time for further appropriate decisions depending upon the Air Quality in Delhi and the forecast made by IMD/IITM.

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New Delhi:

Rain lashed Delhi-NCR throughout Friday with the city recording its highest December rainfall in the last 15 years and the mercury dropping sharply to 14.6 degree celsius, the weather department said.

The rain began late Thursday around 2.30 am and continued throughout the day, it said.

According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data between in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Friday, the city logged 9.1 mm of rainfall.

The observatory at Safdarjung — the national capital’s primary weather station — recorded an additional 30.2 mm of rainfall between from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Friday, as per the data.

The total rainfall for December stands at 42.8 mm, marking the highest rainfall this month in the last 15 years, based on data from 2009 to 2024 available on the weather department’s website.

Meanwhile, the all-time highest December rainfall was recorded in 1884, when the city received 134.4 mm of rain.

The observatory at Palam registered 31.4 mm rainfall, 34.2 mm in Lodhi Road, 33.4 mm in Ridge, 39 mm in Delhi University and 35 mm in Pusa till 5:30 pm on Friday.

For comparison, the city’s December rainfall in 2023 was trace, while in 2022 it was 0.0 mm, 2021 saw 9.6 mm, and 2020 recorded just 1.6 mm. In 2019, Delhi recorded 33.9 mm of rainfall in December, which now stands as the second-highest in the last 15 years.

Met officials said an active western disturbance and its interaction with easterly winds were causing light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms over northwest and central India, including the NCR areas of Delhi.

The rain caused waterlogging and traffic snarls in many areas across the city, with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Central Control Room receiving a total of 13 complaints, nine for waterlogging and four for fallen trees.

The Public Works Department (PWD) received one call for waterlogging and one for a fallen tree, the officials said. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) said that by 7 PM they had not received any calls regarding waterlogging or fallen trees.

Mercury also dropped to 9.5 degree celsius, because of the rain, marking the lowest maximum temperature in the last five years. On Thursday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 24.1 degree celsius, according to data from the IMD.

The IMD data showed that in 2023 the lowest daytime temperature drop in December was 15.9 degree Celsius, 15.6 degree Celsius in December, 2022, 17.8 degree Celsius in 2021, 15.2 degree Celsius 2020 and in 14.3 degree Celsius in 2019.

The department said a generally cloudy sky with intermittent rain is likely on Saturday.

Additionally, one or two spells of light rain is expected during the early morning to forenoon, followed by a cloudy sky for the rest of the day, it added.

The predominant surface wind is expected to be from the southeast direction with a speed of less than 4 kmph during the morning hours. Smog or shallow fog is expected in most areas, with moderate fog in isolated places during the morning, the weather office said.

The wind speed is expected to increase, reaching less than 8 kmph from the northeast direction during the afternoon, before decreasing to less than 4 kmph from the northeast during the evening and night. Smog or shallow fog is also likely in the evening and night, it added.

The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to settle at 15 and 12 degree celsius, respectively, it said.

The 24-hour Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 353 at 4 pm on Friday and of the 35 monitoring stations, one at Nehru Nagar recorded air quality in the “severe” category, while the rest were in the “very poor” and “poor” categories, the data from the SAMEER app showed.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

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New Delhi:

Parts of Delhi-NCR experienced rainfall on Sunday evening, with the weather department predicting more rain in isolated areas of the city.

Some areas of West Delhi, Outer North Delhi and Gurugram received rain.

In its latest forecast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said light rain is very likely to occur at isolated places in Delhi, including Rajouri Garden, Patel Nagar, Buddha Jayanti Park, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Najafgarh, Delhi Cantonment and parts of the National Capital Region (NCR).

A Western Disturbance is roughly situated along 70°E, to the north of latitude 30°N, with an induced cyclonic circulation lying over north Rajasthan and its neighbourhood. Light rainfall in Delhi-NCR is likely under the influence of these systems, the weather department has said.

“One or two spells of very light to light rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, are likely over Delhi-NCR during the next 12 hours,” it has said.

The department has also forecast moderate to dense fog on Monday morning.

Meanwhile, Delhi recorded its second-lowest daytime temperature of the winter season so far on Sunday at 23.7 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature was recorded at 23.7 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal, compared to 25.4 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to the weather department.

The lowest maximum temperature of the season so far was recorded on November 18, when it dropped to 23.5 degrees Celsius.

Humidity levels fluctuated between 97 per cent and 68 per cent during the day.

According to the IMD, the maximum and minimum temperatures on Monday are likely to hover around 27 degrees Celsius and 8 degrees Celsius respectively.

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New Delhi:

A bank manager and a cashier were killed after their SUV was submerged in water in a flooded underpass in Faridabad on Friday. Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) have been witnessing heavy rain and the underpass was flooded because of that. 

Police said Punyashreya Sharma, who was the manager of HDFC Bank’s branch in Gurugram’s Sector 31 and Viraj Dwivedi, who was a cashier there, were returning home to Faridabad in a Mahindra XUV700 on Friday evening. They reached the Old Faridabad railway underpass and saw that it was flooded but failed to gauge how high the water was.

After the SUV started getting submerged, the two men tried to get out of the vehicle and swim to safety, but drowned. Police officials said a team reached the underpass on getting information about an SUV  being stuck there and while Sharma’s body was pulled out of the vehicle, Dwivedi’s body was found only at 4 am on Saturday after an hours-long search. 

Heavy rain had continued In Delhi and the National Capital Region for the second straight day on Friday. An orange alert (for heavy to very heavy rainfall) had been issued by the India Meteorological Department for both Thursday and Friday in Delhi and the weather office said a depression over southwest Uttar Pradesh was causing the rain. 

Traffic jams and waterlogging were reported in several parts of NCR on Friday. In Gurugram, the affected areas included Hero Honda chowk, Rajiv chowk and IFFCO chowk. 

Spells of rain continued on Saturday and a yellow alert (for moderate rainfall) is in place. According to IMD data, Delhi has seen over 1,000 mm of rainfall this month, which is the highest since 2021 and the second highest in at least a decade. 

New Delhi:

Delhi in August received 378.5 mm of rainfall — the city’s highest in 12 years, according to the India Meteorological Department.

The Safdarjung Observatory registered 378.5 mm of rainfall till Thursday, surpassing the previous high of 321.4 mm recorded in August 2013, the IMD said.

The highest precipitation in last 15 years was recorded in 2010 when the city received 455.1 mm of rainfall, IMD data shows.

The second-highest was in 2012, with 378.8 mm, followed by 321.4 mm in 2013. This third-highest mark was surpassed on August 29, 2023.

The all-time record for August rainfall in Delhi stands at 583.3 mm in 1961, according to the IMD data.

After the early morning shower on Thursday, the Safdarjung Observatory, the city’s primary weather station, recorded 77 mm of rainfall bringing the total rainfall for the monsoon season to 825.5 mm.

This figure has already exceeded Delhi’s annual average rainfall of 762.3 mm.

According to Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather Services, Delhi’s annual average rainfall is 762.3 mm and the city has already received 825.5 mm so far.

The MeT department has issued a “yellow” alert for Delhi for Thursday. It denotes bad weather and the possibility of worsening conditions that could disrupt daily life, according to the IMD’s colour-coded warnings.

The IMD has predicted a cloudy sky with moderate rain for Thursday, with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to hover around 34 and 23 degrees Celsius respectively.

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New Delhi:

Three children were rescued from a school bus that got stuck in the waterlogged Minto Bridge underpass in northwest Delhi on Tuesday following morning rain, officials said.0

An autorickshaw was also stuck in the underpass, they said.

#WATCH | Delhi: Severe waterlogging witnessed on Minto Road after incessant rainfall in the national capital. pic.twitter.com/7SUAMu48iy

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Traffic Advisory

Due to water logging under Minto Bridge, traffic diversions are effective. Kindly follow the advisory.#DPTrafficAdvisorypic.twitter.com/ogI7Svs8t8

— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) August 20, 2024

According to the officials, no one was injured in any of the incidents as rescue teams quickly reached the spot.

The water is being pumped out, an official said.

Further details of the two incidents are awaited.

The Minto Bridge underpass is infamous for waterlogging during monsoon. In July 2020, a man drowned after his mini-truck got stuck in the underpass.

Rains lashed Delhi on Tuesday morning, leaving large parts of the city waterlogged and disrupting traffic movement.

The Ridge observatory recorded 72.4 mm of rainfall, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The Safdarjung observatory, which provides representative data for the national capital, recorded 28.7 mm of rainfall, Lodhi Road 25.6 mm and Ayanagar 2.2 mm.

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New Delhi:

Heavy rain lashed many parts of the national capital on Sunday afternoon, leading to waterlogging and traffic snarls in several areas as the weather office predicted more showers in the Delhi-NCR area in the evening.

The city recorded a low of 26 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature is likely to settle at 32.0 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The humidity was recorded at 92 per cent at 8.30 am.

The IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert for the city that signifies ‘being prepared’ for extremely bad weather and potential disruptions to transport, rail and road.

Central, south, southwest and east Delhi received heavy rainfall today as the latest weather alert from the weather department predicted more showers in the Delhi-NCR areas towards the end of the day.

“Moderate to heavy rainfall, accompanied by moderate thunderstorms and lightning, is very likely to occur across Delhi and NCR in the next two hours,” the weather officer said.

The IMD has also issued an advisory for Delhiites urging them to stay indoors, secure windows and doors and refrain from unnecessary travel.

“Seeking safe shelter and avoiding tree cover are recommended to mitigate risks,” the IMD cautioned.

The Delhi Traffic Police informed about traffic disruptions due to waterlogging in several areas.

“Traffic is affected on Najafgarh-Phirni road near Dhansa Stand and Bahadurgarh Stand. Please avoid these stretches and plan your journey accordingly,” the traffic police said in a post on X.

In another post shared with a picture of a road submerged in water due to rain, the police said that traffic was disrupted on Najafgarh Phirni road due to waterlogging and the breakdown of three cluster buses near Chhawla Stand.

According to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, they received 12 complaints at the Central Control Room (HQ) between 6 am and 2 pm.

According to data released by the MCD, seven calls were received regarding waterlogging at different locations and four about fallen trees. 

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