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Pre-monsoon time to blame: IMD after mild warning fails
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|May 03, 2025
If one were to follow the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) forecasts from Wednesday onwards, Delhi seemed in for a relatively mild spell of rain: a moderate thunderstorm on Thursday evening, followed by light rain or drizzle and winds up to 50 km/hour on Friday.
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But what unfolded on Friday morning was anything but mild. An intense thunderstorm swept across the Capital at dawn, catching the city off guard. Gusts reaching up to 80 km/hr lashed the city, accompanied by heavy rain. By the time IMD upgraded its forecast to a red alert on its website by 5am—warning of a "severe" thunderstorm and heavy rain—the storm was already in full force in parts of the city. Finally at 5.30am, IMD issued a press briefing, announcing the upgradation of its forecast to red alert.
Safdarjung, the city's base station, recorded 77mm of rainfall by 8.30am — Delhi's second-highest 24-hour May rainfall in over a century. The only time this was surpassed was on May 20, 2021, when 119.3mm fell due to the remnants of Cyclone Tauktae, officials said.
This story is from the May 03, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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