Delhi records highest rainfall in 18 years, IMD issues orange alert

With the heavy rains that lashed the city on Saturday morning, Delhi has broken its 18-year record for the highest rainfall recorded during the monsoon season. The IMD, meanwhile, has issued an orange alert in the city,

Delhi woke up to heavy rains on Saturday morning, thereby breaking an 18-year record for the highest rainfall recorded in the city during the annual monsoon season. #WATCH | Buses stuck amid waterlogged roads following heavy rains in the National Captial; visuals from Madhu Vihar area. pic.twitter.com/3TyZJWxAix Continuous rain causes waterlogging in several parts of Delhi; visuals from Moti Bagh and RK Puram. pic.twitter.com/HpXtex5w7w In 2003, Delhi received a record-breaking 115 cm of rainfall during the entire monsoon season. This figure has already been breached this year and the monsoon is not even over yet. At least five days of the season remain.