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Heavy rain triggers mayhem in Delhi-NCR: Videos of flooded school, traffic snarls, waterlogged roads go viral
Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) woke up to heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning, resulting in chaos in several areas during the morning rush hour. Social media was soon flooded with numerous videos capturing the disruption across the region.
A video shared by a journalist on X shows children sitting inside a flooded classroom at a government school in Delhi. The footage captures submerged benches, with the children perched on top, keeping their feet raised to avoid the water. Sharing the video, the journalist wrote, 'In Delhi, at the Municipal Girls' School in Tikri Kalan, water flooded up to knee level yesterday. If some cameras turned away from Minto Bridge and focused here, perhaps it would benefit these girls.'
Watch the viral video here:
अब दिल्ली के वेस्ट विनोद नगर में नाव चलाने के बाद तैराकी का वीडियो। बारिश से जगह जगह जलभराव, लंबे जाम में फंसे हैं लोग।
#DelhiRains
— Hemant Rajaura (@hemantrajora_) July 23, 2025
Another video captures severe waterlogging in the Vinod Nagar area in Delhi. A man can be seen swimming through the waterlogged road as a protest.
अब दिल्ली के वेस्ट विनोद नगर में नाव चलाने के बाद तैराकी का वीडियो। बारिश से जगह जगह जलभराव, लंबे जाम में फंसे हैं लोग।
#DelhiRains
— Hemant Rajaura (@hemantrajora_) July 23, 2025
A video from East Delhi shows a waterlogged complex after the heavy rain. Recorded from a balcony of a house, the video captures half-submerged vehicles, both two-wheelers and cars, standing amid the severe waterlogging.
Noida & adjoining parts of eastern Delhi have got very heavy intensity rains & now rain will shift towards east of this region. More rain is expected in the next 10 days.#
— ThunderWild Weather (@ThunderWildWx) July 23, 2025
Severe water-logging is likely across eastern #Delhi, #Noida, #Faridabad & adjoining parts. Some areas have recorded up to around 60-90 MM of rainfall. #DelhiRains
— Monika Singh (@Mona_ka_Sona) July 23, 2025
Delhi Mehrauli-Badarpur Road par Gadiyon ke sath logon ko tairne ki suvidha pradaan karti Delhi CM @gupta_rekha 👏👏#
— tkb🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@bhatvicky73) July 23, 2025
Ghaziabad elevator road is blocked by the flood and the authority does not give a shit because they don't care about the Indian people people are just waiting to get out of this traffic jam #India #roadtraffic #DelhiRains
— Parvindra (@parvindra90) July 23, 2025
@TajinderBagga भाई, आप भी आजकल नाव से ट्रेवल कर रहे होंगे दिल्ली में ?
आपको बहुत एक्सपीरिएंस है नाव चलाने का
आप दिल्ली के लोगों को नाव चलाने के लिए ट्रेंड करिए भाई 😁😂🤭#DelhiRains#DelhiWaterLogging#दिल्ली_जल_भराव#दिल्ली_बदल_रही_है
— tkb🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@bhatvicky73) July 23, 2025
Stuck on Rajnagar Extension Hindon Elevated Road for 2+ hrs. Underpass flooded due to heavy rains right during office rush! What's usually a 60-min commute has turned into a frustrating ordeal. #DelhiRains #TrafficWoes #GhaziabadTraffic
— $@/\/\ (@sameer_harley) July 23, 2025
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for parts of Northeast and Southeast Delhi-NCR till 8.40 am. The Met Department further warned of moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds reaching up to 40 km/h. This alert remains in effect until 10.40 am.
Areas under the red alert include Preet Vihar, Shahdara, Seelampur, Vivek Vihar, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, Palwal, Hodal, Aligarh, Bulandshahr, and Mathura.
Meanwhile, Northwest and Southwest Delhi, along with adjoining regions in Haryana and Rajasthan, continue to be under an orange alert, with expectations of light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds. This escalation follows an earlier orange alert issued at 7.30 am for the entire Delhi-NCR region.
