Weather Update: Heavy rain is currently falling in most of the states of North India including Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The Meteorological Department says that this series may continue for the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, cold winds after the rain have sent shivers down the spine of the people. Heavy rainfall has also occurred in other places including Bathinda, Faridkot, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Barnala, Fazilka in Punjab in the evening. Along with this, Gurdaspur city has been the coldest in the state. The minimum temperature here has been recorded at 3.8 degrees Celsius. Meteorologists have issued an orange alert regarding dense fog in the state on January 12 and 13.
According to the information received from the Meteorological Department, Bathinda received the highest rainfall of 13 mm, Faridkot 10 mm, Fazilka 6 mm, Barnala 3 mm and Ferozepur 1 mm. The Meteorological Department said that there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in many parts of the country on Sunday as well. The Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rainfall alert in Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Along with this, more than 70 mm of rainfall was recorded in some parts of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. There is a possibility of rain today too.
Along with the cold wave, the entire North India is in the grip of dense fog. The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert of dense fog in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Bihar. Visibility has been recorded as low as 50 in these states. Due to dense fog in Delhi, more than 300 flights had to be cancelled, many trains were running late for more than 24 hours and vehicles were also roaming on the roads. Although the rain on Saturday has brought relief from the fog, the Meteorological Department has again issued a fog alert today.
According to the Meteorological Department, the temperature was recorded below 0 degrees in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The temperature in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand remained between 1 and 5 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in Uttar Pradesh as well as Central India and East India remained between 6 and 12 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature in the western states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Interior Karnataka and even Tamil Nadu remained much above normal. The normal temperature here was recorded between 12 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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