Several areas in Delhi inundated as rain lashes the city

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For the second successive day on Saturday, heavy rains lashed parts of the capital and major water logging issues were reported from all across the National Capital Region. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an ‘Orange Alert’ for Delhi. ‘Orange Alert’ is issued as a warning of extremely bad weather that can potentially disrupt commuting, cause closure of roads and drains and interrupt power supply.

Field day for social media

The social media was awash with clips of waterlogging, including the one shot at the Delhi airport. Giving it a dash of sarcasm, a twitter handle posted the picture of Delhi airport’s arrival hall flooded, with the caption, “This is Delhi airport terminal which now has been renamed as ferry terminal”.

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Clips of buses stuck in water-logged roads causing massive traffic jams across the capital were shared widely on Twitter and Facebook.

Set to break a record

Delhi is set to break the 46-year-old record of monsoon showers. According to an India Today report, the Safdarjung Observatory recorded 1,100 mm of rainfall. A rainfall of 1,150 mm of rainfall was recorded in 1975.

According to a News18 report, the Safdarjung Observatory records around 648.9 mm of rainfall during the monsoon season on an average. Between June 1 and September 10, it has observed 586.4 mm of rainfall.

Weatherman’s prediction

The Indian Meteorological Department said more rains could be expected over the weekend. ‘Thunderstorms with heavy to very heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of Delhi (Dera mandi, IGI airport)’ and in parts of the NCR.

Rains on successive days have brought down the humidity level and improved the air quality. On Friday, the maximum temperature recorded in Delhi was 33.2 degree celsius, which is one degree below the normal, while the minimum recorded temperature in the city was 25.1 degree celsius. The relative humidity was 85%. IMD has predicted the maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday to settle around 31 degrees and 24 degrees Celsius respectively.

Delhi’s air quality was in the “satisfactory” category in the morning with the AQI being recorded at 79, which is classified as being in the ‘satisfactory’ range.