People remove a damaged tree at a street in New Delhi, India, Aug. 28, 2018. Heavy rain lashed several parts of Indian capital city New Delhi on Tuesday, bringing down temperature by a few degrees, officials said. The rains hit city and outskirts during early hours triggering uprooting of trees, power cuts and waterlogging at several places. (Xinhua/Zhang Naijie)
NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rain lashed several parts of Indian capital city New Delhi on Tuesday, bringing down temperature by a few degrees, officials said.
The rains hit city and outskirts during early hours triggering uprooting of trees, power cuts and waterlogging at several places.
"This morning heavy rain and lightning was reported in and around Delhi," a meteorological department official said. "The rains accompanied by thunderstorm led to falling of trees and resulted in waterlogging of many neighbourhoods."
Delhi police took to twitter posting messages about waterlogged areas asking people to avoid the stretches.
Monsoon had hit Delhi on June 28 and since then the capital has been receiving light to moderate rain.
Meanwhile, the Indian meteorological department has predicted heavy rain at several places across India.
The department also cautioned fishermen and advised them not to venture in sea in wake of rough to very rough conditions that are likely to prevail over West Central Arabian sea.
