Delhiites experienced a warm sunny morning with cool breeze on Monday. With the change in weather the city’s temperature topped out at 28.6 degrees Celsius while the Air Quality Index (AQI) 231, falling under the ‘poor’ category.
Delhi-NCR woke up to light rainfall on Tuesday morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting that showers will continue throughout the day.
Residents of the national capital woke up to a mild foggy morning on Monday, leading to reduced visibility in several areas of Delhi-NCR.
The dense fog that enveloped Delhi in the early morning on Friday resulted in the delay of several trains and flights as the weather department issued a yellow alert for Saturday.
Launching 'Mission Mausam' to make India a climate-smart nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed the need to work with future requirements in mind, including developing warning systems for natural disasters like earthquakes.
The impact of the rains includes major traffic disruption on roads, increased chances of vehicular accidents, disruption of electricity, and partial damage to vulnerable structures due to strong winds
According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the capital witnessed 8.9 mm rainfall. The MeT Department has further predicted heavy rainfall over Delhi for the next two days.
According to the IMD, the city received a record-breaking 228 mm of rainfall during the past 24 hours, up to 8.30 am on Friday morning, while Delhi minister Atishi has said that this amount of rainfall in 24 hours occurred last in 1936, which was 88 years ago
The relative humidity was recorded between 61 and 82 per cent, while the rainfall received during the past 24 hours up to 8.30 am was 5.2 mm, the weatherman said.
Drishti Marine has advised everyone to avoid venturing into the sea and stay alert while on the beach.
