India, May 3 -- A ferocious thunderstorm that swept through Delhi early Friday morning left at least five people dead, with one family left entirely shattered - a woman and her three young children, the youngest of whom was seven months old, were crushed when their single-room dwelling collapsed under the weight of fallen trees in Jafarpur Kalan, west Delhi.

In another tragedy, a 25-year-old construction worker was electrocuted in Green Park after he, in an attempt to take cover from the storm, accidentally touched an iron gate charged by a broken overhead wire during the storm.

Jyoti Devi, 28, and her children Aryan (7), Rishabh (5), and seven-month-old Priyansh were found dead under the debris of their collapsed home, said Deputy comm...