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IMD also said that the cyclonic circulation is likely to move west-northwestward across north Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand

Steps being taken such as display of ward-wise radar images on the IMD website

Water level in Yamuna, which is in spate in Delhi, reached its highest ever level on Wednesday at 207.55 metres, breaching 44-year record.

Railway services have also been hit. The Northern Railways said it has cancelled around 17 trains and diverted around 12 others

On Sunday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that tracks have been uprooted at five places in Rajasthan due to the storm.

As Cyclone Biparjoy landfall process commenced, the Border Security Force deployed along the coastal areas has stepped forward to assist the villagers of the area

Coastal districts like Porbandar and Dwarka would have high wind speeds, Very Heavy to Extremely Heavy rainfall and high tides due to Biparjoy.

IMD has forecast a heatwave at isolated places over North Coastal Andhra Pradesh (NCAP), Yanam, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP), and Rayalaseema.

Deep depression intensified into the Cyclonic Storm 'Biparjoy' over east-central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea," IMD said in a statement

After Hyderabad was soaked with unseasonal rains IMD-H issued a yellow alert for the next four days.

The weekend largely remained cloudy and interspersed with drizzles, a pleasant weather prevailed in the Hyderabad and the outskirts

Meteorologists are predicting tougher times ahead in India with increased probability of heatwave during the upcoming summer season

At some places, difference between the maximum and minimum temperature touched 20 degrees.

Due to low visibility and fog as many as 29 passenger trains were delayed, according to railway officials.

While the Safdarjung Observatory recorded 1.4 degrees, the minimum temperature around the Palam area was recorded at 5.3 degree Celsius.

India Meteorological Department alerted that the city would be under severe cold weather for the next two days due to a western disturbance.

Fog engulfs North India, visibility dips to zero in some places

A layer of dense fog enveloped the Indo-Gangetic plains including Delhi Thursday morning, affecting road and rail traffic.

Sunrise in the city is now 30 minutes later than it was during the summer months while the sunset is more than an hour early.

The weather department issues district-wise and subdivision-wise warnings and district-wise and station-wise nowcast warnings, which describe the current state of the weather in detail.