Heavy rain in Delhi

As heavy rains lash Delhi, traffic slows down and commuters struggle to navigate flooded streets, while pedestrians wade across them.

The rain gauges measured 36.6 mm of showers between 4 am to 8:30 am, the MeT Department said.

Traffic has been affected due to water logging at multiple locations.

The driver of a two-wheeler gets drenched in spray from a car amid chaotic traffic.

Vehicles having been rendered useless by the deluge, a man floats down a submerged street.

Schoolchildren navigate muddy waters.

A resident at Kashmiri Gate pours water out of a flooded home.

Pedestrians dressed in waterproof jackets cannot avoid getting their feet wet.

People on foot help each other across the water-logged street.

Commuters were stuck in traffic in many parts of Delhi this morning.

Pedestrians wade through slowed traffic and floods.

An NDTV reporter interviews a cyclist knee deep in water.

Commuters in a jam.

Vehicles crowd together as they prepare to take a dip.

Pools collecting in low areas threaten rickshaw wheels and car engines alike.

The water-logged Greater Kailash area.

Men work to fix a stranded car on a sidewalk.

Traffic was affected due to water logging at Rail Bhavan near Parliament, Rafi Marg, Vikas Marg, Africa Avenue, GGR-PDR Road, Adhchini, Mayapuri chowk, Naraina road, IP flyover, Kalindi Kunj, Malviya Nagar and Yusuf Sarai.

The view through a windshield: traffic has come to a halt in many places in the capital.

Commuters prepare their vehicles to brave the muddy streets after the rain has subsided a little.

The minimum temperature was recorded at 25.1 degree Celsius, normal for this time of the year, as against yesterday's 26.1 degrees.

A scooter follows an autorickshaw along the edge of a street so as to avoid the deeper puddles.

A car sits under the weight of a fallen tree.

Commuters wait, stranded on a submerged road.

Two stuck cars face each other in the chaotic traffic resulting from the floods.

Last year, the maximum temperature had not crossed 35 degree Celsius in the month of September. The month also received the highest rainfall (332.9 mm) in ten years in 2010.

A semi-submerged car.

Some pedestrians brave the streets, while others take shelter.

A man with an umbrella watches the less prepared brave the wet.

Schoolgirls, shoes in hand, walk past a flooded road after heavy rainfall in New Delhi.

Rickshaw drivers transport passengers across a flooded street as it rains in New Delhi.

Water logging was also reported near Patparganj flyover, Defence Colony flyover, Lala lajpat Rai road, GTB road, Patel Chest to Daulat Ram College, Prahladpur, Keshav Chowk Railway bridge, DND flyover, Maharani Bagh and Govindpuri Metro station.