Heavy Rain Lashes Noida and Delhi-NCR, Cloaking High-Rises and Flooding Streets
Heavy rainfall lashed Noida and the wider Delhi-NCR region from Wednesday night through Thursday morning, cloaking high-rises in Noida with thick clouds and causing widespread disruptions. The intense downpour, driven by an active low-pressure system and a shifting monsoon trough, resulted in severe waterlogging and major traffic snarls across the metropolitan area.
While East Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad bore the brunt of the heavy rain, west and central Delhi and Gurugram saw lighter showers. The impact was highly visible across the region. In the Vasundhara locality of neighboring Ghaziabad, waterlogging was so severe that boats had to be deployed on the flooded streets, while commuters in Gurugram and New Delhi faced serpentine traffic jams.
Private weather forecaster Skymet Weather announced that the monsoon has gained strength in Delhi-NCR. Due to the influence of the active low-pressure area and the monsoon trough, the region is expected to experience intermittent rain continuing until July 10.
Meteorologists traced the source of the downpour to a well-marked low-pressure area. On Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) tracked this system over northeast Madhya Pradesh and adjoining southeast Uttar Pradesh. The seasonal monsoon trough, stretching from southwest Rajasthan to Bangladesh, ran through this system and edged close enough to Delhi-NCR to trigger Thursday's heavy rainfall.
The IMD describes a low-pressure area as being associated with a whirling motion of air, convergence, and upward motion that causes water vapor to condense into clouds and rain. The monsoon trough acts as the spine of the monsoon, along which these rain-bearing systems travel. Its current alignment has dragged the heaviest rain belt over northern and central India.
With the weather systems remaining active, local authorities and residents continue to navigate the waterlogged roads and reduced visibility caused by the ongoing wet spell.
