India, July 12 -- Delhi and its neighbouring areas on Saturday witnessed thunderstorms, followed by rains as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a rain alert for the national capital and its adjoining areas.

According to the IMD nowcast, a yellow alert has been issued in Safdarjung, Red Fort, DU North Campus, Akshardham, Qutub Minar and Bharat Mandapam in Delhi and Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad in NCR. These area would recieve light to moderate rainfall is over the next two hours.

An orange alert has been issued and light thunderstorms with maximum surface wind speed less than 40 kmph is expected in IMD's Lotus Temple station, which is situated in the Kalkaji area in southern Delhi. A moderate rainfall of 5-15 mm/hr is going ...