Delhi-NCR rain: Heavy rainfall in city to continue till Sunday morning, says IMD

Around 380 complaints related to waterlogging were received by authorities in Delhi on Saturday after the national capital was pounded by record heavy rains, officials said.

Record heavy rains lashed many parts of the national capital on Saturday, making it the wettest monsoon season in 46 years and causing extensive waterlogging that affected operations at the Delhi airport, disrupted traffic on key roads and left passengers trapped in vehicles in flooded underpasses.

Delhi has witnessed seven heavy rain events this monsoon season so far, the highest in a decade, and these spells account for more than 60 percent of the rainfall recorded in the city, according to the India Meteorological Department data.

Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) New Delhi on Saturday predicted thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain and a spell of extremely heavy rain in the entire Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) during the next two hours.

The Delhi Fire Services on Saturday rescued 40 passengers of a private bus which was trapped at a waterlogged underpass following heavy rains on Saturday morning, officials said.

An old building in Delhi's Narela area, which was declared a dangerous structure by civic authorities, has collapsed, officials said on Saturday. However, no one was injured in the incident, they said.

As many as four Delhi-bound domestic flights were diverted to Jaipur and one international flight was diverted to Ahmedabad due to heavy rainfall on Saturday, informed airport officials. Parts of Delhi Airport were also waterlogged following heavy rainfall in the national capital. According to the officials, the Dubai-New Delhi Emirates flight was diverted to Ahmedabad. The Bombay-New Delhi IndiGo flight, GoFirst Mumbai-New Delhi, Spicejet's Kolkata to New Delhi and Mumbai-New Delhi flights were also diverted to Jaipur.

Incessant heavy rainfall on Saturday morning caused waterlogging in several areas in the national capital and its nearby regions, affecting daily commuters and causing traffic disruptions. Pictures and videos surfacing from areas like Madhu Vihar, Jorbagh, Motibagh, RK Puram, Sadar Bazar area and ITO showed vehicles stuck in middle of roads partially inundated, slowing down the traffic to a snail's pace. Zakira Underpass near Inderlok was closed.

Traffic is moving in 1 lane due to waterlogging while going from Khajuri flyover to Brijpuri.

There is 3-4 feet of waterlogging in Rani Kheda underpass, traffic is affected, tweets Delhi Traffic Police

There is waterlogging on NH 48 near Gurugram/Parade Road Crossing. Vehicles going from Dhaula Kuan to Gurugram are worst affected. These vehicles may take right turn on Carriappa marg and take left turn from Thimmaayya Chowk on Thimmaayya Marg to reach Airport/ Gurugram, tweets Delhi Traffic Police