India, Aug. 14 -- Parts of Delhi, Noida, and Gurgaon were battered by heavy rainfall on Thursday morning, leading to severe waterlogging and traffic chaos across the National Capital Region.

What began as light rain quickly intensified, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgrading its yellow alert to red, warning of moderate to heavy rain across the region for the next few hours.

Viral videos flooding social media showed cars submerged, roads turned into rivers, and people wading through knee-deep water, even in some of the city's poshest colonies and busiest junctions.

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