Delhi recorded 108 mm of rain in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day July rainfall in 14 years. The national capital’s official weather station, Safdarjung, logged the downpour between Wednesday and Thursday, resulting in seven fatalities, submerged roads, and disrupted traffic.
Mahesh Palawat, vice president of meteorology and climate change at Skymet, noted on X that the previous record for highest 24-hour July rainfall was set on July 2, 1061. Visuals online showed extensive traffic jams across Delhi and NCR, with citizens stranded for hours and vehicles nearly submerged. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast continued heavy rainfall for Delhi and its neighboring states, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir, for the next five days. The IMD has predicted very heavy rainfall for Delhi-NCR today.
