At least nine people were killed when a storm lashed New Delhi disrupting road, rail and air traffic, and causing power outages, dpa cited officials as saying Saturday. The storm with wind speeds of up to 90 kilometres per hour hit the city Friday night, uprooted trees, blew off billboards caused traffic jams across the city. "At least nine people died and over a dozen were injured in storm-related accidents," Delhi police spokesman Jagbir Singh said. "The deaths were reported in accidents like falling trees, collapsed walls and electrocution," he said. Five aircraft parked at the international airport were damaged by the storm, while 21 flights, including four international flights, were diverted to other cities after failing to land in the dust-shrouded capital, the IANS news agency reported.
