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Kathmandu (Nepal), Jan 18 (ANI): Dense fog that engulfed Nepal's capital Kathmandu disrupted the flight schedule of Tribhuwan International Airport. The visibility at the International Airport in Kathmandu was recorded as low as 50 meters which made take-off and landing of international as well as domestic flights impossible. Nearly a dozen flights were delayed on Saturday morning with two aircrafts kept on hold in Nepali airspace due to the dense fog that covered most of the airport after Friday's rainfall. The weather is forecasted to improve gradually in the day time with the westerly low pressure system has started to subsidize. Currently, the weather is partly to generally cloudy throughout the country with chances of light rain at a few places today and snowfall is expected at some places of the high mountainous regions. According to the weather office, fog in the Kathmandu Valley will clear from 9 am while that of Terai region will remain for some days.