Torrential monsoon rains bring New Delhi to halt

Heavy monsoon downpours and thunderstorms brought life in the Indian capital to a grinding halt Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of commuters – and the US secretary of state – were left stranded on waterlogged roads.
Early morning torrential rains inundated large swathes of New Delhi and its surrounding areas, leaving motorists stuck in massive traffic jams, including the motorcade of top US official John Kerry. “I don’t know how you all got here, you must have needed boats to get here,” Kerry told students at a townhall meeting after arriving an hour late due to the traffic chaos.