At least two people were killed due to heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and high winds with a speed up to 100kmph in Delhi, uprooting trees and bringing traffic to a sudden halt.

A 50-year-old man died in the Jama Masjid area in central Delhi after a portion of a balcony of a neighbouring house fell on him during the strong winds.

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, reports said.

This is the first storm of “severe” intensity in Delhi since 2018, a Met department official told the media.

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A moderate thunderstorm had hit the city last Monday amid soaring temperatures.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) attributed this evening’s storm to a Western Disturbance-induced cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan and adjoining Pakistan.

The moisture-carrying easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal are feeding the cyclonic circulation, it said.

East and central parts of Delhi bore the maximum brunt of the storm with maximum reports of tree felling.