At several places in north India including Delhi, high-velocity winds uprooted trees and affected road, rail and air services
Thunderstorm in Uttar Pradesh kills 18 people
The storm with a wind speed of 70 kilometres per hours, hit Delhi around 11.20 pm
The home ministry said thunderstorm accompanied with squall were also very likely at isolated places in Uttarakhand, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram
Apart from Rajasthan and UP, a squall and dust storm followed by heavy rains lashed the national capital and the National Capital Region
The disaster which also struck neighboring Rajasthan killed over 100 people in a trail of destruction that brought down mud houses, uprooted trees and flattened crops
A rural part of south-central Georgia was hardest hit