Delhi Rain And Its After-Effects: A Huge Traffic Chaos

This is the first storm of "severe" intensity in Delhi since 2018, a Met department official said. A moderate thunderstorm had hit the city last Monday.

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This is the first storm of "severe" intensity in Delhi since 2018, a Met department official said. A moderate thunderstorm had hit the city last Monday.

The temperature fell sharply by 13 degree Celsius, according to readings at Palam observatory near the airport, and by 16 degree Celsius in south Delhi's Safdarjung.

East and central parts of Delhi bore the maximum brunt of the storm that peppered the roads with broken tree branches.