North India continues to freeze, 14 more deaths in UP
7 Jan 2013 7:03 AM IST
North India continued to freeze on Sunday with life across the region hit by bone-numbing cold and the toll climbing to well over 100 with at least 16 more people dying in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The frigid conditions are expected to continue in the week ahead.
The mercury fell to minus 18 degrees in Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir, while several places, both in the hills and plains, experienced zero or lower temperatures as both maximum and minimum temperatures plummeted across the region and icy winds made things worse.
Transport was also hit with many flights and trains delayed by the dense fog.
In Delhi, the minimum temperature dipped to a five-year low at 1.9 degrees Celsius, and the maximum was nine notches below average at 11.8 degrees.
Fog delayed 68 flights, according to a statement from Delhi International Airport Limited.
The mercury fell to minus 18 degrees in Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir, while several places, both in the hills and plains, experienced zero or lower temperatures as both maximum and minimum temperatures plummeted across the region and icy winds made things worse.
Transport was also hit with many flights and trains delayed by the dense fog.
In Delhi, the minimum temperature dipped to a five-year low at 1.9 degrees Celsius, and the maximum was nine notches below average at 11.8 degrees.
Fog delayed 68 flights, according to a statement from Delhi International Airport Limited.
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