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Cold wave, dense fog puts North India on red alert: What you should know

The IMD had issued a long-range monthly forecast saying that the temperatures will likely remain below normal over many parts of northwest India throughout January 2023

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BS Web Team New Delhi
According to the current IMD forecasts, coldwave to severe coldwave conditions will continue to prevail over the Indo-Gangetic plains. The pleasant chill of December has turned into a severe cold wave with dense fog in parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh. 

The IMD had issued a long-range monthly forecast that the temperatures will likely remain below normal over many parts of northwest India throughout January 2023. 

In its January 5 forecast, the IMD predicted that "cold wave to severe cold wave conditions" will prevail in isolated pockets of northern parts of Rajasthan and cold wave conditions in isolated pockets