Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Delhi, nearby regions

NH Bureau Saturday, 08 January 2022 07:12:59 AM

Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Delhi, nearby regions (Image: Ankit Pal)

New Delhi : Delhi and nearby areas witnessed heavy rainfall with thunderstorm on Friday late night and it continued till Saturday 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.

With overnight rain, the temperature is further likely to dip in the region. Many homeless people are now heading towards night shelter.

The weather department has predicted a cloudy weather in Delhi-NCR till January 9.

Meanwhile, 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, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).