India Meteorological Department Issues Yellow Alert in Some Regions of Northwest India as Severe Cold Wave Prevails

If you happen to be a resident of Northwest India, brace yourselves for some extreme cold waves. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold wave and severe cold conditions will continue for the next three days in the region. The mercury will be dropping in the region and there will be presence of dense fog in isolated pockets over Uttarakhand during next two days and over Punjab, Haryana on December 23-24 mentioned IMD.

The Met department also issued a Yellow alert for the Northwest region of the country especially Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab till Thursday. On Sunday, Churu in Rajasthan reported lowest minimum temperature of -2.6 degree celsius, followed by Sikar which also recorded -2.5 degree celsius, and Amritsar -0.5 degree celsius. Meanwhile, in the national capital, Lodi Road region recorded the lowest temperature at 3.6 degree celsius. Other regions in Northwest India which experienced severe cold wave on Sunday wereAjmer (3.1 degree celsius), Pilani (0.1 degree celsius), Vanasthali (1.5 degree celsius), Chittorgarh (1 degree celsius), Bhilwara (0 degree celsius), and Narnaul (1.2 degree celsius), Sirsa (0.6 degree celsius) in Haryana.