India, Oct. 7 -- Parts of Delhi and adjoining cities continued to see 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 continued into the early hours of Tuesday, bringing a steady drizzle and intermittent showers across Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurugram and other NCR cities.

The prolonged rainfall led to a noticeable d...