Monsoon 2026 LIVE: IMD issues red alert for thunderstorms, lightning in Delhi

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Heavy rains that lashed respective parts of Hyderabad connected June 12 evening and continued done the nighttime disrupted formation operations astatine the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Updated - June 13, 2026 07:44 americium IST

Commuters determination during rainfall successful Secunderabad connected June 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G

Delhi has been placed nether a reddish alert for Friday (June 12, 2026) nighttime arsenic the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of mean thunderstorms, lightning and squally winds reaching 60-70 kmph, gusting up to 80 kmph, crossed the city.

Rain and thunderstorm enactment brought temperatures down sharply crossed Delhi connected Friday, making it the coolest time of June truthful far. The maximum somesthesia astatine Safdarjung, the city’s basal station, settled astatine 34.6 degrees Celsius, 5.3 degrees Celsius beneath normal; the minimum somesthesia was recorded astatine 22.8 degrees Celsius, 5.2 degrees Celsius beneath normal.

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Heavy rains that lashed respective parts of Hyderabad connected Friday evening and continued done the nighttime disrupted formation operations astatine the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), starring to the diversion of 9 flights, including an IndiGo formation from Delhi carrying Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.

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The IMD connected Friday said determination was a likelihood of beardown winds and thunderstorms successful immoderate parts of Kerala during the time and dense to precise dense rainfall implicit the play successful the state. An orangish alert was issued successful Kannur territory and a yellowish alert successful 8 different districts of the State.

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June 13, 2026 07:44
Delhi records coolest June time truthful acold arsenic rain, storms bring alleviation from heat
Rain and thunderstorm enactment brought temperatures down sharply crossed Delhi connected June 12, making it the coolest time of June truthful far, portion the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast much thunderstorms, rainfall and gusty winds done today.
The maximum somesthesia astatine Safdarjung, the city’s basal station, settled astatine 34.6 degrees Celsius, 5.3 degrees Celsius beneath mean and 4.1 degrees Celsius little than the erstwhile day. The minimum somesthesia was recorded astatine 22.8 degrees Celsius, 5.2 degrees Celsius beneath mean and 7.2 degrees Celsius little than a time earlier.
-PTI
June 13, 2026 07:43
IMD issues reddish alert for thunderstorms, lightning successful Delhi
Delhi has been placed nether a reddish alert for past nighttime arsenic the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of mean thunderstorms, lightning and squally winds reaching 60-70 kmph, gusting up to 80 kmph, crossed the city.
The upwind bureau said that precise airy to airy rainfall is apt astatine astir places, portion isolated areas whitethorn person mean rainfall.
A reddish alert signifies the request to instrumentality enactment and travel information advisories issued by authorities.
-PTI

Published - June 13, 2026 07:42 americium IST

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