Two people were reported dead as heavy rain flooded some of the roads and localities in Delhi this morning.
A person's body was found floating in water near the road under the national capital's iconic Minto bridge that was seen heavily flooded. The body of the pick-up truck driver was spotted by a trackman working at New Delhi yard.
"I spotted the body while I was on duty at the tracks. I came down, swam and retrieved it. The body was floating in front of a bus," Ramniwas Meena was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Another man, 55, was electrocuted to death in Delhi's Jahagirpuri area.
The rain and cloudy skies also led to a dip in the temperature.
Many people shared videos and images on Twitter and Facebook.
Till 5:30 AM, the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded 4.9 mm rainfall. The Palam weather station gauged 3.8 mm precipitation.
Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the Met department's regional forecasting centre, said, "Moderate to isolated heavy rains were witnessed in parts of Delhi-NCR."
Earlier, the weather office had predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rain over parts of northwest India. It had said the "entire monsoon trough is most likely to shift northwards, closer to the foothills of the Himalayas during July 19-20".
New Culinary Gems in Delhi: Exploring The Latest Restaurants To Visit In October-November 2024 IPL 2025 Mega Auctions Will Not Be Hosted In India Or Dubai But In This Country With Cristiano Ronaldo Connection: Report On Camera, Delhi Man Suffers Heart Attack During Ramleela Performance, Dies "Sit Quiet": Bhavish Aggarwal As Kunal Kamra Flags Ola EV Issue "There's One India": Canada Reaffirms Support For Territorial Integrity Egypt's Pyramids Built Using An Incredibly Clever Machine: Study 1 Dead, 10 Injured In Shooting Attack In Southern Israel: Cops Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu Arrives In India For 1st Bilateral Visit What If Exit Poll Trends Mirror Actual Results In Haryana And J&K? Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.