India, Oct. 6 -- Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) will be impacted by the strong western disturbance prevailing across northwest India from Monday onwards while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for multiple spells of light to moderate rain across the city on Monday and Tuesday.

Subsequently, the cold northwesterly winds will lead to a drop in minimum temperature from Wednesday onwards, the IMD said.

"Heavy to very heavy rains are expected in some parts of the plains and mountains. In the upper reaches, snowfall is also likely on Monday," Krishna Kumar Mishra, senior Scientist at IMD's regional weather forecasting centre in Delhi, said. The western disturbance is fairly active and currently b...