India, Oct. 7 -- Parts of Delhi and adjoining cities continued to receive intermittent rain through the early hours of Tuesday, prompting the India Meteorological Department to issue an orange alert for the national capital.

All districts of Delhi were under an orange, according to the nowcast viewed on IMD's website at around 4:30 am on Tuesday.

Adjoining cities of Uttar Pradesh's Noida and Ghaziabad were also under an orange alert while Haryana's Gurugram and Faridabad were placed under a yellow warning.

The wet spell that began on Monday and continued into the early hours of Tuesday is attributed the first strong western disturbance of the post-monsoon season that is brining a steady drizzle and intermittent showers across Delhi, Gh...