NEW DELHI: Widespread rain in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on early Friday morning has considerably brought down the temperatures. Thunderstorms and gusty winds at many places on Thursday night led to uprooting of trees and damage to property.
Heavy rain lashed Delhi on Friday morning as flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport were affected due to thunderstorms and gusty winds, officials said.
Delhi International Airport Limited, which operates the airport, said some flights were affected owing to the inclement weather conditions.
The sudden change in weather also led the India Meteorological Department to issue a red alert for Delhi. Waterlogging and uprooted trees were reported from several parts of the city.
Meanwhile, three children and a woman died as a house collapsed in Delhi’s Najafgarh following heavy rain on Friday morning, officials said.
“We received a call regarding a house collapse at Kharkari Nahar village in Najafgarh at 5.25 am. We deployed multiple teams on the spot and four people were rescued from the rubble,” a Delhi Fire Services official said. They were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were declared dead, he said.