Heavy rains, thunderstorm and hailstorm lashed the national capital uprooting trees and bringing down temperature by as much as 10 degrees in an hour.
#WATCH | Strong winds, accompanied by rainfall, uproot trees in parts of Delhi this morning. Visuals from New Moti Bagh where a tree collapsed on a car. The occupants of the car, who were present inside the vehicle at the time of the incident, later got out of it safely. pic.twitter.com/Hq2NZ7xXpq
— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2022
Trees in parts of Delhi-NCR were uprooted leading to terrifying visuals.
#WATCH | Strong winds and rainfall lash different parts of Uttar Pradesh this morning. Visuals from Ghaziabad. pic.twitter.com/J3L8ws9qtB
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) May 23, 2022
Similar visuals were witnessed in Ghaziabad and Noida of Uttar Pradesh.
#WATCH | Strong winds and rainfall lash Delhi-NCR. Visuals from Noida in Uttar Pradesh. Trees uprooted in the strong winds. pic.twitter.com/cC4rsBslBr
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) May 23, 2022
Here are visuals of a tree uprooted in Delhi’s cantonment area which have blocked a road.
#WATCH | An uprooted tree blocks road near Delhi Cantonment area following strong winds and rain, as parts of National Capital receive rainfall. pic.twitter.com/xLtnV8r3I8
— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2022
Waterlogging was also reported in Gurugarm, Haryana, which adversely affected the traffic.
Haryana | Waterlogging reported on NH-48 at Narsingpur (pic 1), near Signature tower (pic 2) & near DLF phase-1 Metro station (pic 3). Our traffic officials are on spot to facilitate traffic flow. Commuters are requested to plan their travel accordingly: Gurugram Traffic Police pic.twitter.com/HjUBghYZHW
— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2022
Further, as per Indian Meteorological Department, owing to the thunderstorm, there has been a drastic fall in the surface temperature.
Delhi | One of the tremendous impacts of the thunderstorm is a drastic fall in surface temperature. Today, just from 5:40 am till 7 am, temperature fell by 11 degree Celsius, from 29 degree Celsius to 18 degree Celsius: India Meteorological Department
— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2022
The surface temperature fell by 11 degrees from 29 degree Celsius to 18 degree Celsius in just an hour.