India, Sept. 1 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an orange alert for Delhi as the weather remained pleasant with cloudy skies, gusty winds and a prediction for rainfall with thunderstorms.

The orange alert was in place across all districts of Delhi and was valid up to 5:45 pm, according to the nowcast on IMD website.

The city was under yellow alert earlier on Monday for thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and moderate to heavy rain. Similar weather conditions were seen over Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, Noida and Haryana's Faridabad and Gurugram also on Monday afternoon.

While Noida, Faridabad and Gurugram were also under an orange alert, a yellow warning was issued for Ghaziabad by the IMD.

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