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A fresh western disturbance brought havoc to the hills on Sunday, caking large swathes of northwestern India in snow, and effectively blocking off Srinagar from the rest of the country, as the precipitation cut off roads and grounded flights..
Delhi, meanwhile, woke up to another unusually damp and gloomy February morning after an overnight spell of showers, even as the weather office issued a yellow alert, warning that a dense fog may blanket the city early on Monday.o). Authorities up north scrambled to contain the fall-out from an unusually late spell of cold weather, especially after a relatively warm January Jammu & Kashmir issued avalanche alerts across eight districts for Monday and urged people to stay indoors, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of fresh snowfall and moderate rain..
Sunday mornings spell of showers (2.8mm) in Delhi took the months total rainfall to 29.9mm and gave the city its wettest February in a decade, with 25 days of the month still to go..
Despite the rain, Delhis pollution levels remained in the poor zone, with a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 274 at 4pm on Sunday..
The impact of rain and strong winds is expected to bring Delhis air quality back to moderate on Monday. . Delhis air quality is likely to be in the moderate category on February 5, but it will return to the poor category on February 6 and 7..
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