As the National Capital (NCR) witnessed shallow fog in several parts after the temperature dipped two degrees below, At least 26 Delhi-bound trains were delayed on Saturday by one to five hours due to severe fog in several parts of northern India.
Dense fog on Thursday morning in Rajasthan's Churu district claimed the lives of eight people on the National Highway (NH) 11 when a passenger bus collided with a van coming from the opposite direction. The van was going to Ratangarh via Bikaner when it collided with a passenger bus.
More than 30 vehicles pile up at the Delhi-Jaipur highway due to fog. Several people are said to be injured in the incident.
The Delhi-NCR woke up with severe cold on the first day of the year 2020 with minimum temperature 2.4 degrees Celsius recorded in Safdarjung area.
Flight operations on January 1, 2020 remained normal. The minimum temperature remained around 5-degree Celsius on Wednesday morning.
Delhi, which is shivering under an intense spell of cold wave for two weeks, experienced its coldest recorded December day on Monday, with the maximum temperature being at just 9.4 degrees Celsius, the IMD announced. The India Meteorological Department has records of temperatures since 1901.
Delhiites woke up to dense fog on Monday morning as cold wave continues to batter Delhi-NCR and entire north India. The minimum temperature on Sunday night was recorded at 2.5-degree Celcius.
Six people, including two minors, were killed when their car skidded off the road and fell into a canal in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, apparently due to fog, police said on Monday.
India weather forecast for Christmas Day 2019: Christmas Day will bring fog and cold wave in India. The cold wave conditions will continue throughout the country, while some parts are also expected to receive rainfall. According to the weather forecast, dense fog will shroud several regions on December 25. Here is India's weather forecast for Christmas Day and the subsequent days.
Delhi-NCR and north India have begun to face foggy mornings affecting public transport services.
After fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal region, cold waves have gripped the entire northern states with the temperature dropping to below 6 degrees Celsius in Punjab and Haryana.
Due to poor visibility caused by fog, flight operations at the Srinagar airport remained suspended for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday.
The air traffic was badly affected in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as dense fog forced cancellation of all flights to and fro Srinagar airport, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.
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The departure and arrival delays continued through the day at the airport.
Fog, cold wave intensifies in several parts of Northern India.
Three international and one domestic flights were diverted due to poor visibility in dense fog at Delhi's IGI.
The minimum temperature in the national capital was recorded at 12 degree Celsius that was two notches below the average. The maximum temperature was likely to hover around 30 degrees Celsius.
Visibility was extremely low from 6 am onwards at the airport in Dabolim, around 30km from here, said the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Airport authorities said two international flights were diverted to other cities.
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