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It was one of the kind of 100kmph thunderstorm that lashed the capital New Delhi on Monday evening on 30th of May 2022.

The gale force wind was so strong that it uprooted hundreds of trees in an area which could be described as heart of the Delhi – the Lutyens Bungalow Zone  – the LBZ area.

The worst affected areas were around the Ferozeshah Road, Tolstoy Marg, Copernicus Road, KG Marg, and Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane.

Traffic had come to an halt in these areas after the heavy downpour.

Police authorities reported that a 50-year-old man died in the Jama Masjid area in centra Delhi after a portion of a balcony of a neighbouring house fell on him during the strong winds when he was standing outside his residence.

In the Angoori Bagh area of North Delhi, a 65-year-old homeless man identified as Basir Baba died after a Peepal tree fell on him, the police said.

The met department described it as a “moderate category” storm.

Due to this the temperature fell sharply by 13 degree Celsius, according to measurements taken at Palam observatory near the IGI airport.

At the Capital’s base weather station located at the Safdarjung Observatory, the city temperature fell by16 degree Celsius.