India, May 25 -- A severe thunderstorm lashed the national capital in the early hours of Sunday, triggering widespread waterlogging, uprooting trees, and causing power outages across several areas. Flight operations were also disrupted as gusty winds, ranging between 60 and 100 km/h, swept through Delhi-NCR.

With this latest spell of rain - 81.2 mm recorded till 5:30 am - Delhi has already received 186.2 mm of rainfall this month, making it the wettest May on record. The previous record was 165 mm in May 2008, IMD data showed.

The IMD had issued a red alert for the region on Saturday night, forecasting light to moderate rain accompanied by a severe thunderstorm, lightning, hail, and squally winds of 60-100 km/hr. The alert was issued at...