Heavy Rain In Parts Of Delhi After Dry Spell Because Of Delayed Monsoon

The long-delayed monsoon finally arrived in Delhi today as heavy rain and thunderstorms hit the national capital this morning. The city's adjoining areas like Gurgaon and Faridabad have also received rainfall. Welcome #monsoon. #Rain in #Faridabad. May cover entire #Delhi soon. #DellhiRain@SkymetWeatherpic.twitter.com/snhwSlMje8 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted moderate rain over Delhi this morning. "Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and winds with speed of 20-40 Km per hour would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of South-West Delhi, South Delhi, NCR ( Gurugram, Manesar, Ballabhgarh), Rohtak, Meham, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Nuh, Sohana, Palwal in Haryana and Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh during next 2 hours," the IMD had tweeted. The southwest monsoon's arrival today after a string of IMD's incorrect predictions is the most delayed in 15 years. The weather office faced a lot of criticism and called the failure in prediction "rare and uncommon". The IMD's last prediction was monsoon's arrival last Saturday as Delhi and adjoining areas reeled under intense heat for days.