Jun 17, 2025 06:33 PM IST Delhi rain: Due to hostile climate circumstances in Delhi, 12 flights had been diverted between 3 pm and 4 pm on Tuesday, June 17. Rain and robust winds hit components of Delhi and adjoining cities on Tuesday, leading to waterlogging in some areas in addition to flight diversions on the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. Children benefit from the rain at Bada Gumbad, at Lodhi Garden in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI) Due to hostile climate circumstances in Delhi, 12 flights had been diverted between 3 pm and 4 pm on Tuesday, June 17. In a passenger Advisory at 3:35 pm in Tuesday, Delhi Airport mentioned flight operations might get impacted given the inclement climate circumstances from 15:15 hours. Delhi Airport suggested passengers to contact respective airways for contemporary flight data. The climate in Delhi and neighbouring cities like Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram turned nice on Tuesday with cloudy skies and rainfall, in large reduction from the scorching warmth that the National Capital Region in addition to different components of North India had been dealing with. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) at round 2 pm on Tuesday issued a climate alert for Delhi, the National Capital Region (NCR) cities resembling Noida, Ghaziabad, and different components of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, warning of an incoming spell of thunderstorms, heavy rain, and robust winds inside the subsequent two hours. The IMD warned of hailstorm, thunderstorm at remoted with heavy rain, lightning, and gusty winds of 50-70 km/h over some components of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, Haryana’s Faridabad and a number of other different areas. A pink warning was issued for Delhi and components of NCR over doable rain and lightning, for two:15 to 4:15 pm on Tuesday. The minimal temperature Delhi on Tuesday settled at 29 levels Celsius, whereas the utmost was anticipated to the touch 34 levels Celsius. The IMD had issued a ‘yellow alert’ for Delhi till Thursday, forecasting gentle to reasonable rain together with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds reaching speeds of as much as 50-60 kmph. The metropolis’s air high quality remained within the passable class on Tuesday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 96 at 9 am, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) confirmed.
