India, June 17 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), forecasting light to moderate rain and the possibility of gusty winds touching up to 70 km/hr. The alert, issued at 12.45 pm on Tuesday, said the weather activity is likely in the next two hours -- till around 2.45 pm, with isolated locations even recording hailstorm activity.

Overall, IMD has a yellow alert for both Tuesday and Wednesday, stating there were chances of light to moderate rain in the city. Despite no colour-coded alerts from Thursday onwards, on and off-rain activity is likely to persist in the region, making for a wet week and keeping heatwaves away.

Delhi's maximum is forecast to hover ...