India, Aug. 7 -- Delhi continued to see moderate to heavy rainfall on Friday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert for the day. An 'orange alert' indicates very heavy rainfall ranging between 115mm and 204mm.

Multiple parts of Delhi experienced light showers late during Thursday night and on early Friday morning. From 11:30pm on Thursday to 8:30am on Friday, Chattarpur recorded the highest rainfall at 3.5mm. Safdarjung, the city's base station for weather, recorded 3.4mm of rain, followed by Palam (2.3mm), Naryana (2mm), and Mayur Vihar and Janakpuri at 0.5mm each.

At around 9:15am, the IMD issued a red alert for the south-eastern region of the city, an orange alert for the south-western region and the c...