Amid the prolonged cold weather in North India, many of its places, including the national capital, were shrouded in a thick layer of fog on Friday morning, disrupting several modes of travel, including train and flight.
As dense fog conditions prevailed in the national capital on Friday, Indira Gandhi International Airport issued an advisory informing that flight operations at the airport may be affected today due to the fog.
The ongoing weather activity will gradually reduce in the districts of Shimla, Kullu, Chamba, Kinnaur, and Lahaul Spiti. They will witness a significant reduction by 11 p.m. on Thursday, said the IMD, Himachal Pradesh.
Several parts of Delhi-NCR will continue to receive light to moderate rain with thunderstorms in the next two hours after sudden rains hit the city yesterday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.
The heavy downpour that started on Wednesday morning has resulted in roads blockages and waterlogging, further increasing the difficulty for the people of the city, who already are facing the harsh winter.
The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for snowfall and rainfall in several parts of the hill state, Himachal Pradesh during the next 48 hours.
After a lean and dry spell, which deepened fears of a downturn in the state's tourism prospects in peak winter, the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed.
Heavy rain and snowfall are expected in the mountain regions of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand in the coming days due to the western disturbance, said the India Meteorological Department on Wednesday.
Severe fog brought on by a dipping mercury threw train and flight services haywire in the national capital on Wednesday morning, with scores of passengers stranded at airports and railway stations.