: Strong winds and rains that lashed the national Capital on Tuesday provided much-needed relief for Delhiites, offering respite from the scorching hot weather.

The sudden atmospheric change brought down the temperature, even as the weather officials have predicted no heat wave conditions for the next seven days.

The Met office has forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain/thunderstorm with hail and squall on Wednesday.

Parts of the National Capital Region (NCR), including Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, were also affected by stormy winds. As a result, some flights approaching Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) were diverted. Additionally, pockets in Delhi, such as Sainik Farms, reported trees being uprooted, leading to power outages.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecasted a clear sky with strong winds during the daytime on Tuesday, with the maximum temperature likely to settle around 38 degrees Celsius and the minimum around 22 degrees. Light to moderate intensity rain was also expected in Delhi-NCR.

The maximum temperature in Delhi had settled at 37.6 degrees Celsius on Monday, which falls within the normal range for this time of the year.                

Today, at around 6 PM, a PCR call regarding a wall collapse was received at PS Malviya Nagar. On reaching the spot i.e Khirki Extn., a wall on the top floor of a house was found to be collapsed, resulting in minor injuries to residents of a neighboring house (Minor- 06  Major- 02 ) who were on their roof at the time of the sudden rainfall and storm. They all are being discharged from hospital.