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.
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 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.
The national capital as well as the entire North Indian belt continued to be in the grip of severe cold and fog on Wednesday, with the minimum temperature in Delhi recorded at 10°C.
As many as 19 Delhi-bound trains were reported to be running behind schedule after heavy fog shrouded the national capital and vast swathes of North India on Tuesday morning, significantly reducing visibility, railway officials informed.
Domestic air travel across India, with delays plaguing departures and cancellations adding to passenger woes. At least 22 domestic departures were delayed, while 5 flights were cancelled, impacting thousands of travellers. International travel appeared relatively unaffected. While 17 interna