Yamuna below danger mark causes heavy rain in Delhi; IMD issues "yellow" alert

The National Capital Region (NCR), which includes sections of Delhi, awoke to heavy rainfall, thundershowers, and lightning on Wednesday, providing relief from the oppressive heat. On Wednesday morning, the low temperature was 26 degrees Celsius.

The majority of Delhi-NCR is under a "yellow" alert from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which denotes severe to extremely heavy rains and strong thunderstorms. "Throughout west Uttar Pradesh, there was heavy to very heavy rain as well as isolated thunderstorms and lightning. Across HP, Punjab, Haryana, East Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, there were isolated areas of heavy rain, thunderstorms, and lightning.

According to the IMD, "thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would develop over and adjacent areas of isolated spots of Delhi, NCR, and other places" during the early hours.

Meanwhile, images posted to Twitter showed Delhi-NCR experiencing severe rain, which led to flooding in several areas of the city.

Water levels in Yamuna and Hindon
At 205.24 metres, as measured at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the Yamuna river in the nation's capital is still running just a few millimetres below the danger mark. The water level has fluctuated slightly during the past few days due to strong rainfall in the upper catchment areas, primarily in Himachal and Uttarakhand.

On July 13, the river reached an all-time record level of 208.66 metres, flooding low-lying districts of Delhi and forcing more than 27,000 people to leave their homes. According to sources, the losses in terms of property, businesses, and incomes totaled crores.

The Hindon river, a tributary of the Yamuna, started overflowing on Tuesday as a result of an increase in water discharge, burying a sizable yard full of cars belonging to a private enterprise in Greater Noida's Ecotech 3 neighbourhood.