Delhi thunderstorm News

The IMD has issued a 7-day monsoon alert for India, predicting heavy rain, thunderstorms, and lightning across Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, UP, and other states. Get today's detailed rainfall outlook.  

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Sunday said light to moderate spells of rain coupled with thunderstorms and gusty winds are very likely to occur in Delhi in the next 24 hours.

The drainage system of Delhi is now very old. The last master plan on the drainage system in Delhi came in the year 1976 and at that time the population of Delhi was only 41 lakhs but today it is about two crores.

300 trees got uprooted due to severe intensity storm and rains in the National Capital Delhi. The surprising thing was that all the trees that were uprooted had less soil in their roots

Half-hour of rain and storm made India's capital helpless. The situation was such that many people in Delhi got badly trapped. Due to this storm, about 300 trees were uprooted. But the helplessness of the administration has raised many serious questions.

IMD predicted lightning and gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) at isolated places over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi.

The India Meteorological Department has predicted showers in parts of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Many parts of Haryana, including Yamunanagar, Hissar, Rewari and Aurangabad would experience thunderstorms and rains.

Rain and thunderstorm lashed parts of Delhi and National Capital Region on Friday (April 17) evening. The weather was cloudy in the national capital since morning with the maximum temperature remaining below 35 degrees.

Private weather forecasting agency Skymet too forecasted pre-Monsoon weather activities in Delhi and adjoining area.

The IMD has warned that dust storm and thunderstorm are likely to hit Delhi and the NCR region on Saturday evening.

The flight movements at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were also put on hold, due to the thunderstorm.