India, July 7 -- Residents of Delhi-NCR got a huge relief from the heat and humidity on Monday morning as the region saw light to moderate rainfall overnight into the morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) placing the city under an yellow alert.

Sunday remained largely dry and humid despite the regional weather department's yellow alert predicting rain. But Delhi-NCR residents woke up to showers on Monday morning.

According to the weather department, the maximum temperature in Delhi was 35 degrees Celsius on Sunday, with the minimum rising slightly to 28.8 degrees.

The prediction for the next two days is a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning over Delhi and NCR, an...