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Dense fog consumes Delhi NCR

Dense fog consumes Delhi NCR

NEW DELHI: The national capital was submerged by very dense fog on Monday, December 7, reducing visibility to zero at the Palam weather station. According to the officials at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), this was the first episode of heavy fog this season.

Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of IMD’s regional weather forecasting centre, said that the season of fog has started. The moisture was brought by the easterly winds that were blowing over Delhi till Sunday noon. Moderate fog is expected at Safdarjung over the coming week.

Srivastava further said that the visibility may improve slightly over the next few days because of the high wind speed, however, moderate fog is here to stay.

Team Urban Update

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