India, April 11 -- A strong dust storm ripped through Delhi and its nearby areas on Friday evening, April 11, a day after a dust storm and moderate rain lashed parts of the cities amid scorching heat wave which has taken the temperature up to 40 degrees Celsius.

One person died and two injured after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed in Delhi's Madhu Vihar PS area during the dust storm.

India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Delhi nowcast showed a red alert for all districts amid the strong dust storm on Friday evening.

Delhi's adjoining areas such as Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh along with Haryana's Gurugram also witnessed dust storm on Friday evening, with power outages in some areas.

Branches of trees fell ...