Delhi rain: Temperature in the city cooled down a bit today
New Delhi:
A hailstorm battered parts of the national capital this evening, bringing traffic to a standstill at many places, as the frozen pieces of ice hit windshields and motorcyclists. Flight-tracking websites show several passenger planes circling over Indira Gandhi International Airport, waiting for the bad weather to clear, which would likely delay flight timings.
The bright evening sky amid the intense heat wave, which has been keeping the city on a boil for the past few days, suddenly darkened around 4:30 pm as the thunderstorm accompanied by hail started.
The weather officer earlier today had forecast a thunderstorm with light- to moderate-intensity rain and gusty winds with speed up to 50 kmph.
The weather office also forecast rain in parts of Gurgaon, neighbouring Delhi.