New Delhi:
Streets have been waterlogged, timber have been uprooted and flight operations have been hit as Delhi and surrounding areas witnessed heavy rains, thunderstorms and robust winds in a single day.
Extreme waterlogging was reported in Moti Bagh, Minto Highway, Delhi Cantonment and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.
Town’s main climate station recorded winds gusting as much as 82 kmph and 81.2 mm of rain in six hours — between 11.30 pm and 5.30 am.
Flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (IGIA) have been impacted. In a publish on X at 3.59 am, IndiGo mentioned antagonistic climate circumstances over Delhi had led to non permanent disruptions in flight operations. Two hours later, the airline posted that operations have been again to regular.
As of seven.30 am, flights from the Delhi airport are departing with a mean delay of 46 minutes, as per FlightRadar24. The temperature stood at 22 levels Celsius.
Mahipalpur, Delhi: Heavy rainfall late at evening continued for a number of hours, inflicting water to build up below the Mahipalpur flyover and resulting in difficulties for commuters pic.twitter.com/IAxOSle97V
— IANS (@ians_india) May 25, 2025
Heavy rains additionally lashed elements of Uttarakhand and Haryana.
The inclement climate got here even because the India Meteorological Division (IMD) issued a purple alert for Delhi and close by areas. The climate physique had mentioned in its nowcast {that a} thunderstorm cell was approaching Delhi and adjoining areas from the west/northwest. Underneath its affect, extreme thunderstorm or dust-raising wind exercise accompanied by frequent lightning and gusty winds (pace reaching 40-60 km/h or extra) was possible.
The IMD has urged individuals to keep away from open areas, not take shelter below timber, avoid weak partitions and unstable constructions and never go close to water our bodies.
On Wednesday, a cloud mass had entered North Delhi and moved south-southeastwards, triggering a mud storm and robust winds. The winds blew at speeds of 50-60 kmph, gusting as much as 70 kmph, accompanied by gentle rainfall earlier within the night. Energy disruptions have been reported in a number of areas throughout the capital after the extraordinary mud storm.
The rain and storm got here a day after monsoon reached the Indian mainland in Kerala, every week forward of the standard date and the earliest since 2009. Usually, the southwest monsoon makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers all the nation by July 8. It begins retreating from northwest India round September 17 and withdraws fully by October 15.