NATION What Exact Level of Cold Wave is in North India? Ten new facts Rafia Tasleem Dec 27, 2022 03:44 GMT Cold Wave: The weather office forecast a cold wave to last for the next two days after reports of extreme cold in Delhi and other areas of north India. Also Read: Christmas 2022: PM Modi Wishes Everyone a Merry Christmas! Recalls Noble thoughts of Lord Christ The top 10 updates on this major story are listed below With the arrival of a cold wave, temperatures have significantly dropped in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan over the past week. The temperature in Delhi dropped to 5.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday, three degrees below average, making it the city's coldest Christmas in years. Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, and portions of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were all obscured by thick fog. The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) predicted that following regions would likely see fog through December 27. Minimum temperatures throughout the majority of Delhi, Punjab, Chandigarh, and Haryana ranged from 3 to 7 degrees Celsius, according to officials. A number of locations around the nation have experienced traffic and train delays as a result of reduced visibility brought on by the fog, according to officials. Rajasthan is seeing a record-breaking drop in temperature this year, with snowfall in Mount Abu, a hill station, and zero degrees in Churu, the entrance to the Thar. Over the course of the next two days, the IMD warned that isolated pockets of cold wave conditions are also highly likely over Kutch and Saurashtra. The Western Himalayan region is expected to get sporadic snowfall, according to the weather service. A yellow alert has been issued in Tamil Nadu due to the potential for heavy rain in some areas of the state. Schools in Bihar's Patna will be closed to kids in grades 1 to 8 until the end of the school year due to the bitter cold, while schools in Ghaziabad will be open from 10 am to 3 pm for students of standard 1 to 8. As the minimum temperature in Kashmir dropped several degrees below the freezing point, the frigid conditions worsened. The 40-day worst winter season, known as "Chilla-i-Kalan," is currently gripping Kashmir. Also Read: Taliban directs NGOs to prevent female workers from reporting for duty. Report Keep watching our YouTube Channel ‘DNP INDIA’. Also, please subscribe and follow us on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, and TWITTER punjab Read More Read the Next Article