Parts of Delhi and neighbouring cities continued to receive intermittent rainfall through the early hours of Tuesday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue an orange alert for the national capital.

As per the IMD’s nowcast update viewed at around 4:30 am on Tuesday, all districts of Delhi were under an orange alert. The adjoining cities of Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh were also placed under an orange alert, while Gurugram and Faridabad in Haryana were issued a yellow warning.

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The ongoing wet spell, which began on Monday and persisted into early Tuesday, has been attributed to the first significant western disturbance of the post-monsoon season, bringing steady drizzle and intermittent showers across Delhi, Noida, Ghaziaba

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