- Heavy rain alert for 75 UP districts, including Gorakhpur, Ayodhya and Moradabad.
- Delhi-NCR continues to see cloudy skies, light to moderate rain and thunderstorms.
- Flash flood risk flagged in parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and eastern UP.
Weather News: Cyclone Arnab's impact has been felt in many states, including Delhi-NCR, since yesterday. Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram saw a sudden spell of showers on Thursday. The NCR region woke up to a cool Friday morning after overnight rainfall, bringing in the winter chill. It lowered the minimum temperature significantly to approx 17.2 degrees Celsius. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the overnight showers drenched Delhi, recording its highest rainfall for the month since 2022, making it the wettest October day. Delhi received 61.4 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours that ended at 8.30 AM today morning. Consequently, the AQI also came down to satisfactory level.
The weather is likely to remain the same across Delhi-NCR, including Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad. The Regional Meteorological Centre in New Delhi has forecast cloudy skies with spells of light to moderate rain, thunderstorms and lightning. A few places may even see heavy rain during the night. The wet conditions could continue into Friday, with scattered showers and a chance of moderate rain in some areas.
Delhi Under Red Alert For Next Few Hours
The IMD issued a red alert for the national capital for the next few hours, indicating more rain and thunderstorms across several parts. The next three hours could see widespread rain across Delhi, with thunderstorms and lightning expected in many areas. The IMD has also warned that a few places may get intense downpours. Due to the chance of severe weather, a red alert has been issued for the entire capital, covering southeast, east, central, northeast, south, southwest, west, northwest and north Delhi, as well as Shahdara and New Delhi.
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UP Weather Update
The IMD has issued an alert for 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. An alert for heavy rain has been issued for 21 districts, including Gorakhpur, Ayodhya and Moradabad. Thunderstorms are likely in other districts.
A cloudy sky with strong winds was observed in Lucknow this morning. On the afternoon of October 29, the city saw light rain. In Meerut and Kashi, there was heavy rain during the evening. Light rain was recorded in 18 districts, including Ayodhya, Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur.
Heavy Rain Alert In Jharkhand, Sikkim, Other States
The weather department has also issued a warning for heavy to very heavy rain in Jharkhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and eastern Uttar Pradesh. At the same time, officials have flagged a possible flash flood risk in several low-lying and vulnerable areas till Friday. The districts on alert are Korba, Surguja and Balrampur in Chhattisgarh, Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Sambalpur in Odisha, Palamu and Simdega in Jharkhand, East and West Champaran, Rohtas and Bhojpur in Bihar, and Sonbhadra, Ghazipur and Ballia in eastern Uttar Pradesh.