Shimla Meteorological Centre on Monday issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorm in Himachal Pradesh on February 20 and 21, officials said.
While low temperatures, and humidity in the winter have been identified in earlier research as favourable conditions for flu virus transmission.
The death toll due to the extreme cold weather conditions in Pakistan has increased to over 100, according to authorities. Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) recorded the highest number of casualties at 74, while 56 others were injured, Dawn news said in a report, adding that 88 houses have been completely destroyed.
Delhi witnessed a chilly Friday morning as the minimum temperature dipping to settle at the season's average of 5.3 degrees Celsius. Some parts of the city witnessed dense fog causing at least 23 Delhi-bound trains delay by one to three hours.
2019 was recorded as the seventh warmest year since 1901, but the heating was substantially lower than the highest warming observed in 2016, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
Delhi temperature: The National Capital Region is on its way to record its second-coldest December since 1901, according to India Meteorological Department. In the hill-state of Himachal Pradesh, Kufri, Manali, Solan, Bhuntar, Sundernagar, Seobagh and Kalpa shivered at below sub-zero temperatures.
At least 50 people have died in Bangladesh due to the ongoing cold spell accompanied by chilly wind and drizzles since November.
Several cities across North India including the Gangetic plains is shivering under unusual cold spell. Here's what scientists think is causing this dip in temperature across cities like Srinagar, Jammu, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Delhi, Kanpur or even Patna in Bihar.
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.
Narnaul in Haryana shivered at 4.5 degrees Celsius as biting cold continued to sweep Haryana and Punjab on Sunday. Fog reduced visibility in the morning at several places in the two states, a Meteorological Department official said.
The MeT official said the night temperature is likely to improve in the coming days due to a Western Disturbance which is likely to hit the two Union Territories on Wednesday, bringing another spell of snow and rains.
The region had last recorded such levels on October 5. Most of the 37 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded AQI in the "satisfactory" category. Pusa registered the best AQI of 64.
Back-to-back western disturbances around November 25 are likely to see the winters strengthen, and minimum temperatures are likely to drop, according to Skymet Weather forecast.
The weather system is likely to cause temporary disruptions on surface transport especially over passes like Zojila, Srinagar-Jammu, Leh-Manali Highway, Mughal Road due to landslides, low temperature and heavy snowfall.
Cyclone 'Maha' is expected to weaken as a cyclonic storm from the severe cyclonic storm before its anticipated landfall on the Gujarat coast between Devbhumi-Dwarka district and Union Territory of Diu in the early hours of November 7, Met officials said on Monday.
Heavy rains are continuing unabated in several states across the country. These include Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, a flood alert was sounded in parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh as Yamuna and other rivers were in spate.
Intense clouding could be seen engulfing Delhi and adjoining areas of Noida, Gurugram and Faridabad.
The level of PM2.5 was recorded at 17 and the PM10 level was recorded at 31 on Saturday, Safar said. These denote levels of particulate matter, of two sizes up to 2.5 and 10 micrometres in diameter, in the atmosphere.
Heavy rains continued to lash several states across India on Saturday. Among those affected by incessant downpour are - Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Meanwhile, Punjab remains on alert today after a forecast of heavy rainfall in 48 to 72 hours.
Heavy rains have caused severe traffic disruptions at Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. Several flights have been delayed while more rains affected normal life in Madhya Pradesh.
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