India, Aug. 26 -- Rain lashed parts of Delhi and the national capital region amid a red alert warning issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for several districts for a couple of hours on Tuesday.

The red alert was effective till from 2:45 pm till 4:45 pm, according to IMD nowcast.

Latest radar image of Delhi showed intense convection over western parts of the city and adjoining districts of Haryana.

Districtwise nowcast warning on IMD website showed red alert over South Delhi, West Delhi, Northwest Delhi, Southwest Delhi and New Delhi districts, while South east, East and North Delhi were under an orange-coloured warning. East Delhi, Uttar Pradesh's Noida and Ghaziabad were under yellow alert.

A red alert was issued for ...