North and north-east shiver, two die of cold in UP
The unrelenting cold wave claimed two more lives in Uttar Pradesh and pushed up the toll in the state to 67 while icy winds and numbing temperatures held grip over the entire sub-Himalayan belt today.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The unrelenting cold wave claimed two more lives in Uttar Pradesh and pushed up the toll in the state to 67 while icy winds and numbing temperatures held grip over the entire sub-Himalayan belt today.
The mercury dipped further to minus 15.7 degrees Celsius in Pahalgam even as tourists made the best of the prolonged winter with Gulmarg ski resort of Jammu and Kashmir covered in a thick blanket of snow.
Frosty weather held sway over the Kashmir valley with Kupwara at minus 10.8, Qazigund minus 5.6 and Kokernag minus 5.4 Celsius while Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and the north-east recorded near-zero temperatures and overcast conditions.
Peak winter conditions also prevailed over the national capital which recorded a minimum of 3.4 degrees Celsius, a couple of notches down from yesterday's 4.1 C.
The overnight minimum in Gangtok was 1.1 C while Saharanpur in UP posted a record low of minus 1 Celsius. Two persons died of cold in Jaunpur district of the state which has recorded 67 deaths this season.
The weather bureau said the cold, "which is unusual for this time of year, is the result of sporadic rains caused by a western disturbance".
It forecast heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur over the next two days and a further dip in temperatures across the north and the north-east.
Icy winds swept across Rajasthan and resulted in ground frost which has damaged Rabi crops and green vegetables, agricultural experts said. Churu was the coldest place in the desert state at 1.3 C.
The mercury dipped further to minus 15.7 degrees Celsius in Pahalgam even as tourists made the best of the prolonged winter with Gulmarg ski resort of Jammu and Kashmir covered in a thick blanket of snow.
Frosty weather held sway over the Kashmir valley with Kupwara at minus 10.8, Qazigund minus 5.6 and Kokernag minus 5.4 Celsius while Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and the north-east recorded near-zero temperatures and overcast conditions.
Peak winter conditions also prevailed over the national capital which recorded a minimum of 3.4 degrees Celsius, a couple of notches down from yesterday's 4.1 C.
The overnight minimum in Gangtok was 1.1 C while Saharanpur in UP posted a record low of minus 1 Celsius. Two persons died of cold in Jaunpur district of the state which has recorded 67 deaths this season.
The weather bureau said the cold, "which is unusual for this time of year, is the result of sporadic rains caused by a western disturbance".
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It forecast heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur over the next two days and a further dip in temperatures across the north and the north-east.
Icy winds swept across Rajasthan and resulted in ground frost which has damaged Rabi crops and green vegetables, agricultural experts said. Churu was the coldest place in the desert state at 1.3 C.
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