Delhi Rains: IMD issues orange warning

Delhi Rains: An ‘orange’ warning was issued in Delhi following rain that lashed several parts of the national capital and its adjoining areas on Friday, disrupting traffic in many locations.

The weather office has predicted more rain throughout the day.

Traffic was affected in several areas of south, central, and north Delhi due to the rainfall.

The weather office reported that the rain began in Delhi-NCR around 2:30 am.

According to data from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded until 11:30 am, the Safdarjung observatory, the primary weather station for the national capital, registered 9.1 mm of rainfall.

Other rainfall measurements included 8.4 mm at Palam, 10.8 mm at Lodhi Road, 9 mm at the Ridge, 11 mm at Delhi University, and 9.5 mm at Pusa.

The weather officials attributed the light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms across northwest and central India, including the Delhi NCR region, to an active western disturbance and its interaction with easterly winds.

The weather office, which has forecast light to moderate rain for the remainder of the day, defines an ‘orange’ warning as a call to “be prepared.”

Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, 2.8 degrees above normal.

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The air quality in the city was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category at 9 am, with a reading of 372, as per data from the Central Pollution Control Board.

On Thursday, the 24-hour Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 345 at 4 pm.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good,’ 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory,’ 101 to 200 ‘moderate,’ 201 to 300 ‘poor,’ 301 to 400 ‘very poor,’ and 401 to 500 ‘severe’.

(With inputs from PTI)