- Title: Dense fog in New Delhi causes deaths, delays trains and flights
- Date: 30th December 2019
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 30, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF VEHICLES DRIVING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON, IN THICK FOG PEOPLE STANDING IN THICK FOG AS VEHICLES PASS BY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN THICK FOG (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) STUDENT, NEHA, SAYING: "We are facing problems like when we are going to school we are not able to see what is in front and behind us. So we face problems when going to school, that's why schools should be closed." VEHICLES WITH HEADLIGHTS ON DRIVING IN FOG PEOPLE WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) NEW DELHI RESIDENT, MAHESH CHANGI, SAYING: "After many days this kind of cold wave has hit Delhi. We have come here after wearing many layers of clothing and we are waiting at the bus stand. We can see what is near but far away things are not visible at all." PASSENGERS WALKING AT AIRPORT SIGNBOARDS DIGITAL BOARDS SHOWING STATUS OF FLIGHTS PEOPLE WALKING SIGNBOARD READING (English, Hindi and Urdu) 'NEW DELHI' PEOPLE WALKING IN FOG VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS WAITING GREATER NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (DECEMBER 30, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (SD) VEHICLES MOVING / PEOPLE WALKING IN FOG OVERTURNED VEHICLE IN DITCH
- Embargoed: 13th January 2020 13:41
- Keywords: India New Delhi accident cold wave flights fog trains
- Location: NEW DELHI; GREATER NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI; GREATER NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Environment,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA001BC62O1Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The lowest recorded temperature since 2013 sweeping across western and northern India has led to dense fog, killing at least six people and disrupting many parts of the country on Monday (December 30), including the capital New Delhi.
In Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest state, six people were killed when their car skidded off the road and plunged into a canal. Police said heavy fog was to blame.
As dense fog blanketed the vast country and the sprawling city of Delhi, home to 20 million people, visibility dropped sharply.
Sixteen flights were diverted, four were cancelled and about 500 delayed in Delhi, local media reported.
The minimum temperature recorded in Delhi on Sunday (December 29) was 2.8 degree Celsius (37.04 Fahrenheit), a little higher than the 2.4 degrees Celsius seen on Saturday, the lowest since 2013.
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