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Dense fog at Delhi airport this morning delayed take-off of 50 domestic flights this morning, news agency ANI reported. Eighteen incoming flights were also delayed due to low visibility in the capital that is shivering in a cold wave sweeping across north India.<\/p>\n
Delhi airport authorities put out an alert late last night, asking passengers to check with airlines for updated info on flight timings.<\/p>\n
The fog cover also hit train services, delaying 39 trains, a Railways spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Visibility was down to just 50 metres on the roads of the national capital this morning. According to the weather office, ‘very dense fog’ is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, between 51 and 200 metres is ‘dense’, between 201 and 500 metres ‘moderate’, and between 501 and 1,000 metres ‘shallow’.<\/p>\n
The capital, however, got some relief after five consecutive days of chills. The Safdarjung observatory, Delhi’s primary weather station, recorded a minimum temperature of 6.4 degrees Celsius. Over the oast few daysm the minimum temperature was hovering between 2 and 4 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n
According to meteorologists, the long spell of intense cold was caused due to a large gap between two western disturbances. This, they explained, meant frosty winds from snow-clad mountains blew over the capital longer than usual.<\/p>\n
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