Mother, three children dead as Delhi rain, storm wreak havoc

On Friday, Delhi-NCR experienced thunderstorms and rainfall, providing relief from the heatwave but causing significant disruptions, including waterlogging and traffic congestion. Tragically, in the Najafgarh area of Delhi, a 26-year-old women and her three young children lost their lives when their house collapsed during the storm. The woman’s husband sustained injuries in the incident. Authorities reported multiple incidents of building collapses across the city due to the severe weather conditions.

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Tragic House Collapse in Kharkhari Nahar Claims Lives of Mother and Three Children

In the early hours of Friday morning, a tragic incident occurred in Kharkhari Nahar village near Jafarpur Kalan, Delhi, when a large tree, uprooted by strong winds during a thunderstorm, fell onto a tubewell room constructed on a farm. The impact caused the structure to collapse, trapping a family of five inside. Emergency services received a distress call at 5:26 AM and promptly dispatched police and fire crews to the scene. Upon arrival, they discovered that the 28-year-old woman, Jyoti, and her three children Aryan (7), Rishabh (5), and Priyansh (7 months) had perished under the debris. Her husband, Ajay, survived with minor injuries .

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Fatal House Collapse and Widespread Disruptions Amid Delhi Thunderstorm

On Friday morning, a severe thunderstorm struck Delhi, causing significant disruptions across the city. The Delhi Police reported that they had transferred the bodies of the victims to a city mortuary for postmortem examinations and initiated a further investigation into the incident. Efforts to contact Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh for comments were unsuccessful; updates will be provided when available. The intense storm led to widespread waterlogging, resulting in major traffic congestion throughout the capital. Flight operations at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport were also severely affected, with over 200 flights delayed and at least three diverted due to the adverse weather conditions .

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