Several visuals shared by users on social media platform X showed inundated roads and long traffic jams in various parts of Delhi. The Safdarjung Observatory, the city's primary weather station, recorded 154 mm of rainfall between yesterday and this morning, according to the IMD.
Delhi-NCR on Friday (June 28) experienced heavy rainfall for the second consecutive day, bringing significant relief from the scorching heat but also causing widespread waterlogging. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more showers throughout the day.
Several visuals shared by users on social media platform X showed inundated roads and long traffic jams in various parts of Delhi. The Safdarjung Observatory, the city's primary weather station, recorded 154 mm of rainfall between yesterday and this morning, according to the IMD.
Roof collapse at Delhi airport terminal 1 halts operations, 1 dead, several injured
Even costing around ₹7-8Cr. Can't survive in Delhi Rain pic.twitter.com/iG3OVP8a5M
— Ashish Anand (@AshishAnandTalk)100 मीटर पर सामने देश की नई संसद है,बाएं हाथ पर देश के कई अहम मंत्रालय है।
ये देश की राजधानी का हाल है। pic.twitter.com/kgHSHDGHni
Delhi has been submerged in very first rain of Monsoon.. https://t.co/qEoVLLql2H
— Sumit Kumar (@INCSumitKumar)Desh ki Rajdhani https://t.co/iU8Qtia7im
— Kartik Vikram (@iamkartikvikram)On Thursday, heavy rain brought the temperature down to 35.4 degrees Celsius. This relief comes after Delhi endured nine heatwave days in June, a stark contrast to none in the previous two years.
In a related incident, a portion of the roof at Delhi airport's Terminal 1 collapsed amid the heavy rain early Friday morning, resulting in one death and injuries to eight others. The collapse damaged several vehicles, including cabs, and led to the temporary suspension of all departures from Terminal 1. Check-in counters were also closed as a precautionary measure.
The incident was reported to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) around 5:30 am. The roof sheet and support beams fell onto cars parked in the pick-up and drop area of Terminal 1, which serves only domestic flights. During the rescue operations, a man was pulled from a car that had been struck by an iron beam.