Bringing respite from a long spell of hot and humid weather to residents, heavy rains lashed several parts of Delhi, Noida and Gurugram on Saturday morning.
Following the heavy rain, the revamped Central Vista Avenue (now Kartavya Path) was drenched in water while it also triggered waterlogging in several areas of the national capital. Visuals from Dwarka and Badarpur showed vehicles passing through waterlogged streets.
The Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) has predicted more rain today. It said Generally cloudy sky. Light rain or thunderstorms. The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 35 and 27 degrees Celsius, respectively," in a statement.
In a statement, the state weather dept said, thunderstorms with “light to moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain” over isolated places and gusty winds with a speed of 30-50 km/hour would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, including Kanjhawala, Delhi University and Punjabi Bagh.
Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted thundershowers on Saturday, which will reduce to a light drizzle over the weekend.
At 5 am on Saturday, the air quality in Delhi's Anand Vihar area remained categorized as "very poor." Nevertheless, the overall air quality forecast for Delhi indicates a "satisfactory" AQI level over the upcoming weekend. The average air quality index (AQI) for Delhi was in the "moderate" range, measuring 148 at 10 am on Friday and 131 at 4 pm on Thursday.
The water level of the Yamuna in the national capital dropped below the danger level on Friday. The danger level of the river is 204.5 metres. On July 13, the Yamuna registered its highest-ever level in Delhi, at 208.66 metres.