Cold claims 8 lives in UP

Jan 11, 2011 |

New Delhi

The mercury on Monday slid further in many parts of north India, claiming eight more lives in UP, even as Delhiites got some respite from the bone-chilling cold with the day temperature rising by over 4ºC.

The cold wave claimed two lives each in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi, Kannauj and Siddharth Nagar districts, while one death each was reported from Gonda and Fatehpur, taking the statewide toll to 89 this season. Etawah and Orai at 2 degrees Celsius each were the coldest places in the state. The state capital Lucknow recorded a low of 5ºC, two notches below normal, while it was minimum 4ºC in Varanasi and 4.7ºC in Kanpur.
Meanwhile, there was some respite from the intense cold in Delhi as the day temperature rose by over four degrees, though an icy wind blowing at nine km per hour created trouble for citizens in the morning hours. The minimum temperature fell to 4.7ºC, two points below normal, but as the day progressed the maximum rose to 15.6ºC, five notches below normal.
Sunday was the coldest day in the past five years with the maximum sliding to 11ºC, which is 10ºC below normal, and the minimum to 5ºC. There was also no dense fog and the airport functioned without any delays or problems, a regular feature over the past three days. —PTI

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