Bharat Express

IMD

Thick fog blankets various parts of Delhi-NCR. Consequently, several flights have been delayed in the national capital.

A plethora of humorous and imaginative memes about the dense fog and its effects are currently trending on social media.

Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena announced the involvement of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to combat the unprecedented flooding, deploying 84 boats for rescue operations.

Light to moderate rainfall is predicted in most areas of North Tamil Nadu over the next four days.

Images of nearly knee-deep water inundating several streets in Chennai, Kanchipuram, and Thiruvallur appeared on social media.

According to IMD, the city awoke to light fog in the morning, and by the afternoon and evening, the sky will partly clear.

Weaker monsoon winds and drier weather in India are linked to El Nino conditions, which are caused by warming waters in the Pacific Ocean close to South America.

Typically, the monsoon season begins in the national capital on June 27 and ends on September 25

Over the next five days, the rest of the nation was expected to have isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall, according to the IMD.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'Red' Alert and 'Orange' Alert for most of the districts of Uttarakhand from August 11 to August 14.