It was darkness at noon for the capital on Sunday as heavy rains accompanied by thunder squall lashed the city, taking by surprise Delhiites who were experiencing relatively warmer weather for the past few days.

Several areas of the capital were lashed by rains that started at around 3.20pm and continued for over an hour leading to waterlogging in various stretches. Some parts of the city also experienced hailstorm.

Though the morning was sunny, clouds and darkness descended on the city along with rains, prompting motorists to switch on the headlights of their cars.

Traffic was not affected much due to rains and waterlogging as it was a Sunday and vehicular movement was less on the roads.

A road near Aurobindo Marg in south Delhi caved in after rains and vehicular movement became slow on the busy intersection.

Sun has been shinning very brightly for the past few days in the capital and the lowest temperature was recorded at 10.0 degree Celsius on Saturday.

The first week of February saw the temperatures rise well above normal levels, but a spell of rain early last week brought the temperatures down.