High-speed winds brought un-seasonal rain and thunder to the Capital on Wednesday morning, uprooting trees and wreaking widespread havoc that claimed four lives and left several injured. Suddenly around 9 a.m. darkened skies and strong breeze broke into a full-blown storm, lashing the city with 81 km per hour gusts originating from the north-west and watering the Capital with 7.2 mm of rain. The storm, which continued for well over an hour, toppled trees, snapped power lines and even managed to tip over electricity poles at some places. A 10-year-old girl, Golu, died when a wall fell on her at Kapashera due to strong winds. A motorcyclist and a cyclist were killed when a container overturned and fell on them at Okhla. A 70-year-old man, Kantaswamy, was killed when a tree feel on him in Madrasi Colony. Several other incidents of people sustaining injuries from uprooted trees were reported from other locations across the Capital. Several cars were damaged due to trees toppling over them. The New Delhi Municipal Council control room reported incidents of trees being uprooted from several locations including Baroda House, Faridkot Lane House, Ashoka Road, R.K.Puram-Sector-13, Pandara Road, Pandara Park, Sardar Patel Marg, Aurangzeb Road, Satya Marg, Malcha Marg, Kautilya Marg, the French Embassy and the Embassy of Qatar. Many prominent roads in Central Delhi were awash with broken branches, twigs and in some cases entire trees, proving an impediment to traffic. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi control room also recorded complaints of water-logging from Azad Market, Swami Nagar and Najafgarh Bus Terminal. Complaints of trees being flattened came in from Najafgarh Thana, Civil Lines, Karol Bagh, Balbir Saxena Marg and Ashok Vihar. The rain, however, spelt relief for the Delhi Government's Power Department which reported a whopping 900 MW reduction in load requirements. The Northern Region Load Despatch Centre even sent out an advisory to Delhi asking it to "scale down' the power generation. The blustery conditions also caused tripping of power lines between Pragati power station and Indraprastha power station and between Mandola and Gopalpur power stations. Some power outages resulted at Malviya Nagar, Batra Hospital, Civil Lines and Bawana from trees falling on power lines. The tempestuous weather also threw flight schedules into disarray, causing delays and diversion of various flights to other locations. Most flights had to hover over Indira Gandhi International Airport as landing procedures were taking longer than usual. The Meteorological Department reported a maximum temperature of 34 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 26.8 degrees. The stormy conditions are being attributed to "North-West circulation over Rajasthan'. The weatherman has also forecast a partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain and thundershowers on Thursday. There may also be squally conditions in some areas. A maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius has been forecast for Thursday.