Overview

• Delhi Airport warned of operational impact and urged passengers to check with airlines and consider the Metro for access as storms slowed road travel.
• An airport official said 15 flights were diverted from IGI: eight to Jaipur, five to Lucknow and two to Chandigarh, with major carriers posting travel advisories.
• IMD recorded a sharp visibility drop at Palam from 6,000 metres at 1:30 pm to 1,200 metres by 5 pm during the evening downpour.
• The weather office kept yellow and orange alerts in place for Delhi, citing a western disturbance bringing moderate rain, thunderstorms, lightning, hail and gusty winds.
• Safdarjung logged 12.6 mm of rain (24-hr to 8:30 am), Palam and Ridge around 11–11.7 mm earlier in the day, and the rain improved air quality to an AQI of about 68.