DELHI LIKELY TO SEE HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORM TODAY, ALERT SOUNDED

Several states and Union territories in India, including Delhi, have been predicted to receive heavy rain today by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). An orange alert has been sounded in the national capital for today and tomorrow, even as the city did not receive any showers on Monday despite the forecast.

According to a latest tweet by the Met department, satellite imagery shows convective clouds leading to a possibility of rain accompanied by isolated thunderstorms and lightning over Delhi, Punjab and their adjoining states and UTs in the northwest region.

Meanwhile, Saurashtra and Kutch in Gujarat, and the southern part of the state have also been forecast to receive rain during the next three hours, the IMD tweeted. Heavy rain battered Gujarat for the second consecutive day on Monday, withKalyanpur taluka in Devbhumi Dwarka district receiving 174 millimetres of rainfall in a 12-hour period ending at 6 pm, news agency PTI reported, citing officials.

2024-07-02T01:49:35Z dg43tfdfdgfd