New Delhi, July 10 -- Cloudy skies blanketed Delhi early Friday as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for thunderstorms and rain. The city soaked in heavy showers a day earlier, receiving moderate rainfall over the past 24 hours.

Safdarjung, the city's base station, recorded 33.6 mm till 8.30 am, the IMD said. Lodhi Road received 33.7 mm of rainfall, followed by Ridge at 25.9 mm, Ayanagar at 4.2 mm and Palam at 1.8 mm during the same period.

On Friday, the IMD predicted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and very light to light, at places moderate, rainfall during the afternoon and evening, and issued an 'orange' alert for the national capital.

Humidity stood at 100 percent at 8.30 am at the Safdarjung...