Heavy rains in parts of Delhi as delayed monsoon arrives

New Delhi : Heavy rainfall has been reported in parts of Delhi and NCR region on Tuesday morning as monsoon arrived late, almost three days after prediction.

According to an announcement by the IMD, the minimum temperature in the national capital will be 25 degrees and the maximum temperature will be around 33 degrees.

The IMD had earlier predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain over South-West Delhi, South Delhi and parts of NCR and adjoining areas. 

"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and winds with speed of 20-40 Km per hour would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of South-West Delhi, South Delhi, NCR (Gurugram, Manesar, Ballabhgarh), Rohtak, Meham, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Nuh, Sohana, Palwal in Haryana and Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh during next 2 hours," the IMD tweeted. 

With monsoon finally arriving in the national capital, people will get respite from the heatwave that made records in the month with highest temperatures.