New Delhi:

Delhi has recorded the highest-ever rainfall in 24 hours in May as Cyclone Tauktae impacted the weather of the national capital and surrounding areas after leaving a trail of destruction on the western coast where it had made landfall on Monday.

By 8.30 pm, the national capital registered around 60 mm rainfall, surpassing the all-time record of 60 mm rainfall in a day, recorded on May 24, 1976.