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The India Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms across Delhi-NCR, including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad, as the monsoon reaches its peak.
Waterlogging is likely in low-lying parts of the capital region as the active weather system moves through, according to the alert.
Comparable conditions, thunderstorms combined with gusty winds, have previously caused flight delays and airline advisories at Indira Gandhi International Airport this monsoon.
The IMD also flagged nationwide impact, warning of landslide and flood risk in Kerala’s Wayanad hills from continuous heavy rain, with coastal cities Kochi, Bengaluru and Mangalore expected to see winds of about 50 km/h.
Heavy rainfall alerts were also issued for parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
Passengers flying via Delhi are advised to check flight status with their airline directly and allow extra travel time to the airport while the thunderstorm warning is active.
Uttar Pradesh cities including Lucknow, Kanpur and Gorakhpur, along with Bihar’s Patna, Gaya and Muzaffarpur, Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur, and West Bengal’s Kolkata and Siliguri were also placed under heavy rainfall alerts.
Airlines typically advise passengers to check flight status directly through official apps or websites and to allow extra travel time to the airport during active thunderstorm warnings, given the potential for air traffic control-driven delays.
The southwest monsoon typically remains active over North India through August and into early September, meaning further rounds of thunderstorm and heavy-rain alerts affecting Delhi-NCR flight operations remain likely in the coming weeks.
IGI Airport, one of India’s busiest, has repeatedly seen carriers such as IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet issue passenger advisories during comparable spells of monsoon thunderstorms and high winds earlier this season.
In Kerala, the IMD flagged landslide and flood risks for the Wayanad hills from continuous heavy rain, while Kochi, Bengaluru and Mangalore face coastal winds of around 50 km/h.
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